Just off the top of my head...
The Pillar of fire protected them from Pharaoh's army
The wind blew all night and dried off the sea floor between walls of water
Bitter, undrinkable water was turned sweet and fresh
Manna appeared on the ground every morning
Water gushed from a rock
Quail dropped from the sky
The Mountain shook and thundered
The ground opened up and swallowed a bunch of rebels
A stick that had been dead and used for a walking staff suddenly flowered and produced almonds
The Jordan ceased flowing and dried up at flood stage
...I'm sure there's more that I'm not recollecting.
Nature itself came alongside the Hebrews as they journeyed from slavery, from 'a people of a strange language' to the promise.
'Why?' the Psalmist asked.
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob. - vs 7.
And [the Lord] said, 'My presence will go with you...' -- Ex. 33:14a
How could the earth itself not react to the very presence of the Creator who was accompanying His people? Such a thing has not happened at any other time...not before or since. God moving with and through and around and for His people, visible in the pillar of fire and the pillar of cloud.
Yes, let the earth tremble.
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