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When you did terrible things which we didn`t look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
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Remembering God's Past Power
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse recalls God's awe-inspiring actions during the Exodus, particularly His descent upon Mount Sinai. The 'terrible things' refer to the overwhelming displays of power, like the quaking mountains, which God performed to deliver Israel and establish His covenant—acts that were far beyond what the people could have anticipated.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When you did terrible things – in delivering the people from Egypt, and in conducting them to the promised land.
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19th Century
Anglican
When you did terrible things ... —The latter clause, you came down ... is supposed by some critics to be an acci…
Baptist
O Lord, come again! You came in the past; repeat your former acts, and let us see what you can do for the avenging of your people.
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16th Century
Protestant
Terrible things which we did not look for. He says that the Israelites saw what they did not at all expect; for, although God had forewarn…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When thou didst terrible things, which we looked not for, thou camest down Referring …
They desire that God would manifest Himself to them and for them, so that all may see it. This is applicable to the second coming of Christ, when t…
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13th Century
Catholic
O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.
First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …
