Psalms 114:7
I would reply that it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! Everyone/Everything on the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom ◄Jacob worshiped/the Israeli people worship►!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
In Context
Cross References
Job 26:11When he is angry, it is as though he rebukes the pillars that hold up the sky. They are ◄shocked/very fearful►, and they tremble.
Psalms 78:16He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river [DOU].
Psalms 97:4All around the world he causes lightning to flash; people on the earth see it, and it causes them to be afraid and tremble.
Isaiah 64:1“ Yahweh, I wish that you would tear open the sky and come down, and cause the mountains to shake in your presence.
Micah 6:1Pay attention to what Yahweh says to you Israeli people: “Stand up in court and state what you are accusing me about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:2-8
The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at… Read the whole commentary →