Before the mountains were brought forth (comp. Proverbs 8:25). The "mountains" are mentioned as perhaps the grandest, and certainly among the oldest, of all the works of God. Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world; literally, or thou gavest birth to the earth and the world (comp.
Deuteronomy 32:18). Even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God (comp. Psalms 93:2; Proverbs 8:23; Micah 5:2; Habakkuk 1:12).