The Lord Is Exalted over His Enemies (vv. 3-6). The picture is that of a storm sweeping across the land and destroying everything in its path (see 18:9-12; 29; Hab. 3:3-15). The image of the storm takes us back to the exodus of Israel from Egypt (68:7-8; 77:15-20) as well as Israel’s meeting with God at Sinai (Ex. 19:9, 16-19; 20:21; 24:15-16; Deut. 4:11; 5:22; Heb. 12:18-21). The storm also speaks of the future “day of the Lord” when God will judge the nations of the world (Isa. 2:10-21; 8:22; Joel 2:2; Amos 5:16-20; Zeph. 1:7-18). The fire and lightning remind us that God is a consuming fire (Deut. 4:24; 32:22; Heb. 12:29). His judgments bring Him glory and manifest His holiness to a godless world. The name “Lord of the whole earth” (v. 5) is found in only four other places in the Old Testament: on the lips of Joshua before Israel crossed the Jordan River (Josh. 3:11, 13), and from the prophets Micah (4:13) and Zechariah (4:14; 6:5). (See also 50:12.) From the beginning of Israel’s national history, the people knew that Jehovah was not a “tribal god” like the false gods of the neighboring nations, but the Lord of all the earth (Ex. 19:5; Deut. 10:14. Jesus used this title when speaking to His Father [Luke 10:21]).