Psalm 60:2
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Cross-references
Psalm 104:32 echoes the same image: God looks at the earth and it trembles, reinforcing the theme of divine power causing seismic upheaval.
Psalm 114:7 commands the earth to tremble at the Lord's presence — directly parallel to the trembling land in Psalm 60:2.
Psalm 89:40 also describes God breaking down defenses — a parallel image of divine judgment on the land or king.
2 Samuel 22:8 describes the earth reeling and foundations trembling because of God's anger — identical imagery to the shaken land here.
In Job 5:18, the same pattern of God wounding and healing is stated explicitly — He injures and then binds up.
Job 9:6 depicts God shaking the earth and its pillars trembling — a close parallel to the torn and tottering land in Psalm 60:2.
Isaiah 30:26 describes the Lord binding up the bruises and healing the wounds He inflicted, echoing the plea for mending.
Jeremiah 4:24 shows mountains quaking and hills swaying — directly parallel to the land trembling and tottering in Psalm 60:2.
Jeremiah 10:10 states that at God's wrath the earth quakes — a clear parallel to the trembling land caused by divine anger in Psalm 60:2.
Jeremiah 30:17 promises restoration and healing of wounds, directly answering the cry to mend the land's fractures.
Amos 8:8 asks if the land will not tremble — echoing the same image of seismic upheaval as the torn and tottering land in Psalm 60:2.
Habakkuk 3:10 describes mountains writhing at God's presence — a vivid parallel to the land trembling and being torn open in Psalm 60:2.
Haggai 2:6 promises God will shake heaven and earth — echoing the trembling of the land in Psalm 60:2, but as a future cosmic event.
In Matthew 27:51, the earth quakes at Christ's death — echoing the divine shaking of the land described here.