Psalms 97:5

“The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, etc.] Kimchi interprets the “hills” of the kings of the wicked; and it was verified in Herod and his nobles, and the citizens of Jerusalem, who, when they heard of the coming of the Messiah, of the birth of the King of the Jews, were exceedingly moved and troubled; their hearts melted like wax within them, (<400201>Matthew 2:1-3), so when he appeared, in the power of his Gospel, in the Gentile world, and went forth in the ministration of it, conquering, and to conquer, all fled before him; every mountain and island were moved out of their places; and the kings of the earth, and great men, ran to the rocks to hide them from his face,…”

“The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord - They seemed to flow down as if they were like melted wax: that is, they could not stand before him. The most firm, solid, lofty things were as nothing in his presence. Compare Revelation 20:11; Judges 5:5; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5. The object here is to describe the sublimity, the greatness, the majesty of God, as if nothing could stand before him; as if everything fled away when he approached. There is perhaps a general allusion to his glory and power as manifested at Sinai. At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth - The Creator and Ruler of the entire world. The God who thus manifested himself is not a local Deity, or the God of a…”

“97:5-7 The created order stirs at the coming of its King. He alone deserves worship.”

“hills: Jdg 5:4, Jdg 5:5; Isa 24:19, Isa 24:20, Isa 64:1, Isa 64:2; Mic 1:3, Mic 1:4; Nah 1:5; Hab 3:6 the Lord of: Psa 47:2, Psa 83:18; Isa 54:5; Mic 4:13; Zac 4:14; Mar 11:3; Co1 1:2 Psalms 97:6”