The absence of conjunctions, and sudden change from the preterite to the future, lends a vividness to the picture.
“Raged heathen, tottered kingdoms
Gave with His voice (the signal) (and lo!)
Melts the earth.”
Related Commentaries of Psalms 46:6
Psalms 46:6
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.