# He stood This means that Yahweh stopped walking and stood still, not that he stood up from a seated position. # measured the earth Possible meanings are 1) the word translated as "measured" can be "shook" or 2) he surveyed the earth the way a conqueror would before assigning portions to his governors. # he looked and shook the nations The nations shook with fear because he looked at them. This is the fear a guilty person has when he is afraid that the person looking at him will punish him. # eternal mountains ... everlasting hills "mountains that have existed since the beginning of time ... hills that will exist until the end of time." # Even the eternal mountains were shattered "Even the eternal mountains crumbled" or "He shattered even the eternal mountains" # His path is everlasting "He walks along an ancient path"