Psalm 97:5
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EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS
Verse 5. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD. For a parallel passage see Micah 1:4 . There the words are applied to the judgment of God about to fall on the people of the covenant: here they are applied to the judgment on the God opposing world. The fact that judgment has begun at the house of God is a token that judgments of a far more destructive kind will overtake the (openly) ungodly and sinners ( 1 Peter 4:7 ). "The hills" symbolize the heights or man's self exalting pride of intellect, wealth, and power. --A.R. Faussett.
Verse 5. The Lord of the whole earth. In this title lies concealed the reason for the liquefaction of the hills, for the God who here manifests himself is he who created the earth, and is able therefore to reduce it to nothing. --Martin Geier.
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 5. The presence of God in the church her invincible power.