Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Ver. 2. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth, &c.] No, not in the greatest concussions of states and revolutions in nature. Earthquakes are very dreadful, and lay whole cities on heaps sometimes, as Antioch often, which was therehence called Yεοπολις (Lege Plin. lib. 2, cap. 83, 88); but though not some part only, but the whole earth should be turned topsy-turvy, as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down, 2 Kings 21:13; yea, though heaven and earth should be mingled, Hebrews 12:26, in this also the believer would be confident, because God is with him, Psalms 23:4; Psalms 27:1, whose praise and promise is to see to his servants' safety in the greatest dangers, and to set them out of the gunshot.
And though the mountains be carried inlo the midst of the sea] Though all the world should be reduced again into that first chaos of confusion (Horat. Obadiah 1:3, lib. 3).
Si fractus illabatur orbis,
Impavidum ferient ruinae.