4:24 I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking.
All the hills were swaying back and forth!
3:10 When the mountains see you, they shake.
The torrential downpour sweeps through. 1
The great deep 2 shouts out;
it lifts its hands high. 3
1 tn Heb “a heavy rain of waters passes by.” Perhaps the flash floods produced by the downpour are in view here.
2 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 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.