Psalm 114
God delivered his people.
NOTE
This is one of the “Hallel” psalms. They are sung at the Passover meal.
GOD DELIVERED HIS PEOPLE
VERSE 1. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
VERSE 2. Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Judah became his sanctuary. This was written after Jerusalem had become the location of the sanctuary.
VERSE 3. The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
The sea … fled. That is, the Red Sea parted.
The Jordan was driven back. That is, the Jordan River parted.
VERSE 4. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
VERSE 5. What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
VERSE 6. You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
VERSE 7. Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
VERSE 8. who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
In the desert, a rock gave God’s people life-saving water. Later, the rock was a symbol for the LORD God. In the New Testament, the rock is the Lord Jesus. Read more »
PSALMS
CHAPTERS: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150
Deuterocanonical chapter: 151
RESOURCES: Summary, Outline, Memorize, David’s Fasting
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