Psalms 114:5
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
Berean Standard Bible
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 skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:6‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
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 →