Psalms 104:32

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 , that God will glorify Himself in delivering His people; namely, His absolute power to humble all the mountain-like world-kingdoms () 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 (; ; ; ). The smoking was a sign of fear, , "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" (; ).