1 Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people: 2 Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power. 3 The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again. 4 The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep. 5 What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again? 6 What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep? 7 Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob. 8 He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters. 9 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory. 10 Give glory to your mercy and your truth, lest the Gentiles should say, “Where is their God?” 11 But our God is in heaven. All things whatsoever that he has willed, he has done. 12 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. 13 They have mouths, and do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see. 14 They have ears, and do not hear; they have noses, and do not smell. 15 They have hands, and do not feel; they have feet, and do not walk. Neither will they cry out with their throat. 16 Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them. 17 The house of Israel has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector. 18 The house of Aaron has hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector. 19 Those who fear the Lord have hoped in the Lord. He is their helper and their protector. 20 The Lord has been mindful of us, and he has blessed us. He has blessed the house of Israel. He has blessed the house of Aaron. 21 He has blessed all who fear the Lord, the small with the great. 22 May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your sons. 23 Blessed are you by the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 24 The heaven of heaven is for the Lord, but the earth he has given to the sons of men. 25 The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell. 26 But we who live will bless the Lord, from this time forward, and even forever.
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- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering, with the psalm titles counted as verse 1 (as in the Vulgate).
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in CPDV.
- 1 Exodus 13:3; Exodus 12:41–42; Psalm 81:5; Genesis 42:23; Deuteronomy 16:1
- 2 Exodus 25:8; Exodus 15:17; Psalm 78:68–69; Ezekiel 37:26–28; Exodus 19:5–6
- 3 Exodus 14:21; Psalm 77:16; Habakkuk 3:8–9; Joshua 3:13–16; Habakkuk 3:15
- 4 Judges 5:4–5; Exodus 19:18; Exodus 20:18; Habakkuk 3:6; Jeremiah 4:23–24
- 5 Habakkuk 3:8; Jeremiah 47:6–7
- 6 Psalm 29:6
- 7 Jeremiah 5:22; Job 26:11; Psalm 104:32; Isaiah 64:1–3; Micah 6:1–2
- 8 Psalm 107:35; Deuteronomy 8:15; Numbers 20:11; Exodus 17:6; Psalm 105:41
- 9 Psalm 79:9–10; Isaiah 48:11; Psalm 96:8; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 36:32
- 10 Psalm 79:10; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 42:10; Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 32:26–27
- 11 Psalm 135:6; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11; Psalm 103:19
- 12 Deuteronomy 4:28; Isaiah 46:6–7; Jeremiah 10:3–5; Isaiah 40:19–20; Habakkuk 2:18–20
- 13 Jeremiah 10:5
- 16 Psalm 135:18; Jeremiah 10:8; Habakkuk 2:18–19; Jonah 2:8; Isaiah 44:9–20
- 17 Psalm 62:8; Psalm 37:3; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 118:2–4; Psalm 135:19–20
- 18 Psalm 118:3; Exodus 28:1; Numbers 16:5; Numbers 18:7; Numbers 16:40
- 19 Proverbs 14:26; Acts 10:35; Psalm 147:11; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 103:11
- 20 Ephesians 1:3; Psalm 136:23; Isaiah 44:21; Genesis 12:2–3; Isaiah 49:14–16
- 21 Psalm 112:1; Luke 1:50; Psalm 128:1; Revelation 19:5; Psalm 29:11
- 22 Deuteronomy 1:11; Acts 2:39; Acts 3:25; Jeremiah 33:22; Genesis 17:7
- 23 Psalm 134:3; Revelation 14:7; Genesis 14:19; Genesis 1:1; Psalm 121:2
- 24 Psalm 8:6; Psalm 89:11; Genesis 1:28–30; Jeremiah 27:5–6; Genesis 9:1–3
- 25 Psalm 6:5; Isaiah 38:18–19; Psalm 88:10–12; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 31:17
- 26 Psalm 113:2; Daniel 2:20; Psalm 145:21; Revelation 5:13; Psalm 145:2
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 114, 115.
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
When ye hear sung in the Psalms, "Praise the Lord, ye children" (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you, because having already passed the youth of the body, ye are either blooming in the prime of manhood, or growing gray with the honours of old age: for unto all of you the Apostle saith, "Brethren, be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
When ye hear sung in the Psalms, "Praise the Lord, ye children" (ver. 1); imagine not that that exhortation pertaineth not unto you, because having already passed the youth of the body, ye are either blooming in the prime of manhood, or growing gray with the honours of old age: for unto all of you the Apostle saith, "Brethren, be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Since then before His appearance in flesh, the sea saw Him and fled, and Jordan was turned back, the Lord took to Himself His body, that the sea might endure the sight, and Jordan receive Him without fear.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… instance, "The Sea said" so and so; and, "The Depth saith, It is not in me;" and "The Heavens declare the glory of God;" and again a command is given to the Sword; and the Mountains and Hills are asked the reason of their skipping. We do not allege any of these, though some of our predecessors used them as …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
For the Scripture is familiar with the figure of personification, and is wont to speak of inanimate things as though they were animate: for example, The sea saw it and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)