1 At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country, 2 the land of Judah became the Lord's sanctuary, Israel his kingdom. 3 The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated. 4 Mountains jumped in fright like rams, hills startled like lambs. 5 Red Sea—why did you run away? Jordan River—why did you retreat? 6 Mountains—why did you jump in fright? Hills—why did you startle like lambs? 7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob! 8 He is the one who turned the rock into a pool of water; making water flow from the hard rock.
Psalm 114 Free Bible Version
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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
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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).
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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)
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)