Psalms 114:1
The Scripture
(1) When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Psalm 114 is a brief exodus psalm celebrating Israel's deliverance from Egypt, when Judah became God's sanctuary and Israel His dominion. It vividly pictures the sea fleeing and the Jordan driven back, while the mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs at the presence of the Lord. The psalm closes by calling the earth to tremble at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a standing water and the flint into a fountain of waters.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exodus 12:41Exodus 12:42Exodus 13:3Exodus 20:2Deuteronomy 16:1Deuteronomy 26:8Isaiah 11:16Psalms 81:5Genesis 42:23