Psalms 114:6

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, 'What aileth thee, O thou Sea, that thou dost flee? Thou Jordan, that thou art driven back? Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams,' etc....

WHAT AILED THEE, O THOU SEA, THAT THOU FLEDDEST?... - literally, “What to thee, O sea,” etc. That is, What influenced thee - what alarmed thee - what put thee into such fear, and caused such consternation? Instead of stating the cause or reason why they were thus thrown into dismay, the psalmist uses the language of surprise, as if these inanimate objects had been smitten with sudden terror, and as if it were proper to ask an explanation from themselves in regard to conduct that seemed so strange....

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

YE MOUNTAINS, THAT YE SKIPPED LIKE RAMS,.... Not for joy, but fear; what caused these trembling motions, these violent agitations, and quakings, and movings to and fro like the skipping of rams? AND YE LITTLE HILLS, LIKE LAMBS? what was it that disturbed you, and put you into a panic, that you skipped like frightened lambs? These questions are put, by a beautiful and poetical figure, to inanimate creatures; the Red sea, the river of Jordan, the mountains of Sinai and Horeb, and the hills about them; to which an answer is turned in the next verse....

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