Earth. — Rather, land; since, though the image is drawn from an earthquake, in which the solid ground trembles and buildings totter and fall (comp. Isaiah 30:13), the convulsion described is political, not physical.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 60:2
Psalms 60:2
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.