Psalms 114:4

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 and removal of every lofty power that opposes the kingdom of God (; )....

THE MOUNTAINS SKIPPED LIKE RAMS - As flocks in their gambols. They seemed to move from place to place; everything seemed to be unsettled, and acknowledged the presence of the Omnipotent One. The word rendered “skipped” means to leap for joy; to dance. See the notes at Psalms 29:6. The reference here is to the agitations and commotions of the peaks of Sinai, when God came down to deliver the law. Exodus 19:16. AND THE LITTLE HILLS LIKE LAMBS - Hebrew, Like the sons of the flock. The reference here is to the less prominent eminences of Sinai. The lofty hills, and the smaller hills surrounding, seemed to be all in a state of commotion....

EXPOSITION A PSALM of reminiscence, designed to encourage the exiles on their return from Babylon, during their "day of small things" (Zechariah 4:10; comp. Ezra 3:12). If God had done so much for them when he brought them out of Egypt, if such glorious prodigies had marked that epoch, might they not be sure that his hand would be stretched out for them now? Formally, the psalm is more like a modern poem than most. It divides into four stanzas of four lines each, very evenly balanced, and perfect in its metrical arrangement. "The psalm is evidently by a skilled artist" (Cheyne). PSALMS 114:1 WHEN ISRAEL WENT OUT OF EGYPT; literally, at the going

THE MOUNTAINS SKIPPED LIKE RAMS,.... The mountains of Sinai and Horeb quaked and moved at the presence of the Lord, when he descended thereon to give the law; these saw his glory and trembled, Exodus 19:18. AND THE LITTLE HILLS LIKE LAMBS; very beautiful are the larger mountains of Sinai and Horeb compared to rams, and the motion of them to their skipping; and the little hills adjacent to them to lambs: these may represent the greater and lesser governors in the Roman empire at the time when such large conversions were made in it as before observed; and which skipped, and trembled, and fled, and were moved out of their places at the downfall of Paganism and progress of Christianity, Revelation 6:14 and also may be an emblem of the difficulties which lie like mountains an

Psalms 114:1. _When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs. Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters._ I did not interrupt the reading of the Psalm by any exposition. It is a perfect whole, and could not well be divided without spoiling it. We may admire the poetry as well as the inspiration of this Psalm. It begins with rugged abruptness: «When Israel went out of Egypt.» It only gives jus

PSALM 114-117 Psalms 114 Retrospect As in the book of Deuteronomy God's ways with His people are reviewed so we find in some of these Psalms the reminders of God's dealing with Israel in the past. Here it is first of all the deliverance out of Egypt and what happened then, the type of the greater deliverance effected by the power of God. (See Jeremiah 16:14 .)...

CXIV. The marvels on the way from Egypt to Zion, the future sanctuary of Yahweh, and to Canaan as Israel's possession. A Passover hymn....

PSALMS 114 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Passover Song. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 114:1-2, The Deliverance out of Egypt set forth as the Basis of Jehovah's Worship and Reign in Israel. Stanza II., Psalms 114:3-4, Nature's Excitement over the Birth of the Nation. Stanza III., Psalms 114:5-6, Nature Interrogated as to the Cause of her Excitement. Stanza IV., Psalms 114:7-8, The Psalmist Answers for Nature: Jacob's God is Nature's Lord. (P.R.I.) Praise ye Yah! 1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt,

This has been called 'one of the finest lyrics in literature.' Probably it is a post-exilic psalm wherein, under the figure of the old exodus from Egypt, the Psalmist chants the return from Babylon. In all ages of the Church it has been used to celebrate the release from the bondage of sin. Hence it is a hymn for Easter night....

Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ SEAS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND HILLS OBEY GOD! PSALMS 114 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU HAVE *FAITH AS SMALL AS A (VERY SMALL) SEED, (THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN DO). YOU WILL SAY TO THIS MOUNTAIN, 'MOVE TO THAT PLACE OVER THERE'. AND IT WILL GO! NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU!" (MATTHEW 17:20) (Faith is to believe that God will answer when you pray.) PSALMS 114 V1 (This happened) when *Israe