When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Psalms 114:1.-Yahweh owned Israel as His after her departure from Egypt, by driving back the Red Sea and the Jordan; the mountains also were moved (Psalms 114:1); personification: the sea asked why it fled? the a... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. JUDAH WAS HIS SANCTUARY. "Was" in Hebrew is feminine, whereas Judah is masculine. Judah is therefore here personified as a virgin (), "the daughter of my people" (). As the description of God as "the holy One" denotes His separation far above ever... [ Continue Reading ]
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. THE SEA SAW (IT), AND FLED - (.) JORDAN WAS DRIVEN BACK - (.) The sea and the rivers are the emblem of the overwhelming world-powers (notes, Psalms 93:1; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. THE MOUNTAINS (NAMELY, SINAI) SKIPPED LIKE RAMS, AND THE LITTLE HILLS LIKE LAMBS - (). The fact alluded to is (cf. ; ). The mountains symbolize the world-kingdoms. Mount Sinai's quaking in past time presages the coming convulsion... [ Continue Reading ]
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? WHAT AILED THEE, O THOU SEA, THAT THOU FLEDDEST? THOU JORDAN, THAT THOU WAST DRIVEN BACK? YE MOUNTAINS, THAT YE SKIPPED LIKE RAMS? - rather in the present tense, which vividly sets the scene before our eyes... [ Continue Reading ]
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; TREMBLE, THOU EARTH, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. The Psalmist hereby answers his own question (: cf. Psalms 97:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. WHICH TURNED THE ROCK INTO A STANDING WATER, THE FLINT INTO A FOUNTAIN OF WATERS - (; ; ; .)... [ Continue Reading ]