He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
He loooketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke - the ground of the confidence in Psalms 104:31, that God will glorify Himself in delivering His people; namely, His absolute power to humble all the mountain-like world-kingdoms (Psalms 68:16) which oppose themselves to His purpose of finally saving His people. Should "the earth" venture to deviate from His appointment, a single look from Him makes it to 'tremble.' Should "the hills" exalt themselves proudly, God need but touch them and they smoke. Like children who tremble at the stern look of a father, so at the promulgation of the law at Sinai, when God showed signs of His severe justice, both "the earth shook" and the people (Psalms 68:8; Habakkuk 3:5; Habakkuk 3:10; Judges 5:5). The smoking was a sign of fear, Exodus 19:18, "Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly" (Psalms 144:5; Deuteronomy 32:22).