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         <div class="label">114</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Psalm 114</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">sn Psalm 114. The psalmist recalls the events of the exodus and conquest and celebrates God&#8217;s kingship over his covenant people.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> When Israel left Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.114.1"><span class="content">when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.&#8221; The Hebrew verb &#1500;&#1464;&#1506;&#1463;&#1494; (la&#8217;at, &#8220;to speak a foreign language&#8221;) occurs only here in the OT.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Judah became his sanctuary,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.114.2"><span class="content">Israel his kingdom.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> The sea looked and fled;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Red Sea (Exod 14:21).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.114.3"><span class="content">the Jordan River</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the Jordan&#8221; (also in v. 5). The word &#8220;River&#8221; is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.</span></span></span><span class="content"> turned back.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn The psalmist recalls the crossing of the Jordan River (Josh 3:13, 16).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> The mountains skipped like rams,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.114.4"><span class="content">the hills like lambs.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">sn The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. This may recall the theophany at Sinai when the mountain shook before God&#8217;s presence (Exod 19:18).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> Why do you flee, O sea?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.114.5"><span class="content">Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.114.6"><span class="content">like lambs, O hills?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> Tremble, O earth, before the Lord &#8211; </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.114.7"><span class="content">before the God of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> who turned a rock into a pool of water,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.114.8"><span class="content">a hard rock into springs of water!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">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).</span></span></span></span></div>
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When Israel left Egypt,
when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,
Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his kingdom.
The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan River turned back.
The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
Why do you flee, O sea?
Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?
Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,
like lambs, O hills?
Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –
before the God of Jacob,
who turned a rock into a pool of water,
a hard rock into springs of water!

සවන් දෙන්න Psalms 114