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Psalms 76:8

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 76:9.

מִ֭שָּׁמַיִםmishamayimfrom heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “from heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).הִשְׁמַ֣עְתָּhishmatahearשָׁמַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…דִּ֑יןdinjudgementדִּיןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “judgement”, the ordinary formH1779judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strifecause, judgement, plea, strife.אֶ֖רֶץeretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.יָֽרְאָ֣הyareahfearיָרֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fear”, a completed actionH3372to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frightenaffright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).וְשָׁקָֽטָהveshaqatahand appeaseשָׁקַטconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and appease”, a completed actionH8252to repose (usually figurative)appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(76-9) Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,

Young’s Literal Translation

From heaven Thou hast sounded judgment, Earth hath feared, and hath been still,

World English Bible

You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,

Darby Translation

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from the heavens; the earth feared, and was still,

Douay-Rheims

Will God then cast off for ever? or will he never be more favourable again?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)