Thou, O God; to whom he directeth his speech here, as also Psalms 76:6-8. Than the mountains of prey; either,
1. Than the greatest kings and emperors of the earth, which in prophetical writings are oft compared to mountains, as Psalms 46:2,3 Isa 41:15 Jeremiah 51:25 Habakkuk 3:6. And they are called mountains of prey, because then they generally were established by tyranny, and maintained by preying upon their own subjects, or other inferior kingdoms. Or, 2. (which amounts to the same thing) Than the most powerful enemies of thy people, upon whom they used and now desired and expected to prey; such persons being oft expressed by the name of mountains, as Psalms 144:5 Malachi 4:7, &c.