He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Measured. Septuagint “the earth was troubled,” Calmet. or shaken. Bible.—He beheld. One look of his eye is enough to melt all the nations, and to reduce them to nothing. For all heaven and earth disappear when they come before his light. Revelation 20:11. Challoner.—The Chanaanites were dismayed at the approach of God’s people. He routed the nations, and determined the portion which he had chosen for Israel. Joshua 2:9. Calmet.—Mountains. By the mountains and hills are signified the great ones of the world, that persecute the Church, whose power was quickly crushed by the Almighty. Challoner.—The roughest roads in the wilderness were made smooth. God is poetically described at the head of his people. Deuteronomy 8:4 and 33:15. Psalms 75:5. Calmet.