Psalms 114:3
The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
In Context
2Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Cross References
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go [back] by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry [land], and the waters were divided.
Joshua 3:13And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, the waters flowing down from above, shall be cut off, and shall stand up in a heap.
Psalms 74:15*Thou* didst cleave fountain and torrent, *thou* driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
Psalms 77:17The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:
Psalms 106:9And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness.
Habakkuk 3:8Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots 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 →