Psalms 114:3
The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
In Context
2Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.
Cross References
Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to 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 that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.'
Psalms 74:15Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.
Psalms 77:17(77-18) The clouds flooded forth waters; the skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.
Psalms 106:9And He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and He led them through the depths, as through a wilderness.
Habakkuk 3:8Is it, O LORD, that against the rivers, is it that Thine anger is kindled against the rivers, or Thy wrath against the sea? that Thou dost ride upon Thy horses, upon Thy chariots of victory?
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 →