Mazmur 114:4

114:4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs. ¹ 

Habakuk 3:10

3:10 When the mountains see you, they shake.

The torrential downpour sweeps through. ² 

The great deep ³  shouts out;

it lifts its hands high. ⁴ 

[114:4]  ¹ sn The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. This may recall the theophany at Sinai when the mountain shook before God’s presence (Exod 19:18).

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “a heavy rain of waters passes by.” Perhaps the flash floods produced by the downpour are in view here.

[3:10]  ³ sn The great deep, which is to be equated with the sea (vv. 8, 15), is a symbol of chaos and represents the Lord’s enemies.

[3:10]  ⁴ sn Lifting the hands here suggests panic and is accompanied by a cry for mercy (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19). The forces of chaos cannot withstand the Lord’s power revealed in the storm.