Psalms 114:3
The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
In Context
2Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
4The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
Cross References
Exodus 14:21And when Moses' hand was stretched out over the sea, the Lord with a strong east wind made the sea go back all night, and the waters were parted in two and the sea became dry land.
Joshua 3:13And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.
Psalms 74:15You made valleys for fountains and springs; you made the ever-flowing rivers dry.
Psalms 77:17\77:16\The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.
Psalms 106:9By his word the Red Sea was made dry: and he took them through the deep waters as through the waste land.
Habakkuk 3:8Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:2-8
The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at… Read the whole commentary →