Psalm 68:8 {67:9}
Good News Translation
the earth shook, and the sky poured down rain, because of the coming of the God of Sinai, the coming of the God of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain at the presence of God, the God of Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
God of Israel, the earth trembled, and rain poured down. You alone are the God who rules from Mount Sinai.

New American Bible
The earth quaked, the heavens poured, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.

earth

Psalm 77:18 The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

Psalm 114:7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:

Isaiah 64:1,3 O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence. . . .

Habakkuk 3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: for salvation with thy Christ. Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked: thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck.

Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then moved the earth; but now he promiseth, saying: Yet once more: and I will move, not only the earth, but heaven also.

Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great hail.

the heavens

Judges 5:4 O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.

Sinai

Exodus 19:16,18 And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared. . . .

Deuteronomy 5:23-25 But you, after you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and saw the mountain burn, came to me, all the princes of the tribes and the elders, and you said: . . .

the God

Psalm 68:35 God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.

Psalm 41:13 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.

Isaiah 45:3 And I will give thee hidden treasures, and the concealed riches of secret places: that thou mayest know that I am the Lord who call thee by thy name, the God of Israel.

Context
God's Enemies Are Scattered
7O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: 8The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.9Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.…
Cross References
Exodus 19:18
And all Mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.

Deuteronomy 33:2
And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.

Judges 5:4
O Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, and passedst by the regions of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens and clouds dropped water.

Judges 5:5
The mountains melted before the face of the Lord, and Sinai before the face of the Lord the God of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:8
The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 18:7
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 18:9
He bowed the heavens, and came down, and darkness was under his feet.

Psalm 77:18
The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

Isaiah 45:8
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened, and bud forth a saviour: and let justice spring up together: I the Lord have created him.

Isaiah 64:1
O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, and wouldst come down: the mountains would melt away at thy presence.

Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

Psalm 68:7
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