The psalmist extends the image of destruction to the physical landscape, depicting the earth itself leaping and shaking at God's voice. The verb "make skip" suggests that the solid earth itself becomes unstable and mobile, convulsed by the force of God's utterance. The reference to Lebanon and Sirion establishes that even the mightiest geographical features are subject to God's power. The image of the earth skipping like a young bull employs zooomorphic imagery, suggesting that the stable earth becomes animate and wild. This verse suggests that the divine voice affects the fundamental substance of creation itself.

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