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Psalm 104:32

He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
31Let the LORD’s glory endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
34Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in the LORD.
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A look makes the earth tremble; a touch makes mountains smoke, unsettling any sense that the world's most solid things stand beyond God's power.

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Psalm 114:7Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,Both passages picture the earth trembling before God, with Psalm 114 naming him as the God of Jacob.
Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.Sinai's smoke and quaking share Psalm 104's picture of mountains and earth responding to the LORD's presence.
Psalm 144:5Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.Both describe mountains smoking at God's touch; Psalm 144 makes that same image part of a plea for God to come down.
Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his …Both describe the earth trembling before the LORD; Jeremiah names his wrath, while Psalm 104 speaks of his look.
Psalm 97:4–5His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.The earth trembles in both psalms, responding here to God's look and in Psalm 97 to his lightning.
Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.Both portray mountains responding to God: they smoke at his touch in Psalm 104 and show fear in Habakkuk.
Amos 8:8Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, …Both describe trembling land, though Amos connects it with mourning and a river's rise and fall rather than God's touch.
Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.Both picture mountains and earth shaken before God, with Nahum extending the trembling to the world's inhabitants.
Exodus 14:24In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.God's look has an effect in both passages: the earth trembles in the psalm, and the Egyptian army falls into confusion in Exodus.
Habakkuk 3:5–6Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet.Both portray God's presence as fearsome, though Habakkuk names plague and pestilence rather than trembling earth or smoking mountains.
Isaiah 64:1–2Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence—Both picture mountains responding to God, with Isaiah asking for his descent and Psalm 104 describing the effect of his touch.
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The mountains themselves respond to God's touch. Your praise has room for awe and trembling: the God who renews the ground also makes it shake.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).