Psalms 114
114
1At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country,#114:1. “Foreign country”: literally, “people of a foreign language.”
2the land of Judah became the Lord's sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.
3The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated.
4Mountains jumped in fright#114:4. Literally “skipped,” but this suggests a playful action when the context makes it clear that the jumping is due to fear, not joy. like rams, hills startled#114:4. “Startled”: implied. The image is of mountains and hills shaking as in an earthquake. like lambs.
5Red Sea—why did you run away? Jordan River—why did you retreat?
6Mountains—why did you jump in fright? Hills—why did you startle like lambs?
7Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob!
8He is the one who turned the rock into a pool of water; making water flow from the hard rock.#114:8. See Exodus 17:1-7; Numbers 20:1-13.
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Psalms 114
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Psalm 114#sn Psalm 114. The psalmist recalls the events of the exodus and conquest and celebrates God’s kingship over his covenant people.
1 When Israel left Egypt,
when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,#tn Heb “the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.” The Hebrew verb לָעַז (la’at, “to speak a foreign language”) occurs only here in the OT.
2 Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his kingdom.
3 The sea looked and fled;#sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Red Sea (Exod 14:21).
the Jordan River#tn Heb “the Jordan” (also in v. 5). The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity. turned back.#sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Jordan River (Josh 3:13, 16).
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.#sn The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. This may recall the theophany at Sinai when the mountain shook before God’s presence (Exod 19:18).
5 Why do you flee, O sea?
Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?
6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,
like lambs, O hills?
7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –
before the God of Jacob,
8 who turned a rock into a pool of water,
a hard rock into springs of water!#sn In v. 8 the psalmist recalls the event(s) recorded in Exod 17:6 and/or Num 20:11 (see also Deut 8:15 and Ps 78:15-16, 20).
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