Charles Ellicott Commentary Habakkuk 3:6

"He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old." — Habakkuk 3:6 (ASV)

He stood, and measured the earth ... —Better, He has taken His stand and measured the earth, He has looked and made the heathen tremble; and the primeval mountains are broken up, the ancient hills sink down; His goings are as of old; that is, His proceedings are the same as in ancient times, when He brought Israel up from Egypt. God measures or parcels out the earth, and the usurping invader is put to confusion. The mountains are convulsed, as Sinai was long ago. (Compare Judges 5:5, Psalms 68:8.)