...Ikipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. "What ailed yoiif O ye mountains, that ye {kipped like rams ; and ye little hills, like lambs ; Tremble, thou earth, at the prcfence of the Lord, at the prefence of the God of Jacobj"." To thefe we may fubjoin Ilabukkuk's iketch...

...sanctuary, " and Israel his dominion. The sea saw that " andjled; Jordan was driven back. — Trem" ble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, " at the presence of the God of Jacob !" And in the 68th Psalm, alluding to the same event, " O God^when thou wentest forth be"fore thy people...

...hills like Iambs, at the giv5 ing of the law. What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fled6 dest ? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back ? Ye mountains,...ye skipped like rams ; [and] ye little hills, like 7 lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the IX>RD, at 8 the presence of the God of Jacob ;...

...inaccessible ' Justly may we ask with the Psalmist, Wliat ailed thee, 0 Sinai, that thou tremblcdst ? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ? And ye little hills, like lambs ? And justly may we reply, Tremble, ~thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the...

...the wicked, but even when he exerts the like plenitude of power in acts of beneficence to mankind. Tremble thou earth ! at the presence of the Lord : at the presence of the God of Jacob ; which turned the rock into standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters ! It were endless...

...sheep. What aileth thee, O thotr that thou fleddest ? and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven bock ? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ? and ye little hills like young sheep ? 7 Tremble thou earth at the 2 Blessed be the Name of presence of the Lord ; at the Name...

...skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea ! that thou fleddest ? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? Ye mountains,...Jacob." , " The wilderness and the solitary place shi^i be glad for them : and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." Apoxtrop/ie is a turning...

...affrighted rams or lambs, as if they would run away from the place where they were so firmly fixed ? Ver. 7. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jucob.~\ But only the glorious presence of the divine majesty, who was then bringing his people to...

...lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou llcddest ? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back ? 6 icers and judges : 5 Moreover, four thousand were porters ; and fou laniie i* 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LOUD, at the presence of the God of Jticob...

...thee, O thou sea, thfit thou fiedest ? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye little bills like lambs ? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob. "§ But the most striking and lively description, methinks, which the language of inspiration itself...