Psalms 114:5
What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
In Context
4The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
6You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:6O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.
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 →