Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Ver. 7. Tremble, thou earth, &c.] Heb. Be in pain, as a travailing woman; for if the giving of the law had such dreadful effects, what should the breaking thereof have?
At the presence of the God of Jacob] Whom Jacob, that is, God's covenanted people, knoweth and confideth in amidst all his austerities, Isaiah 63:16, and can boldly say, as Habakkuk 1:12, "Art not thou from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die."