Psalms 114:3
The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan turned back.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
In Context
2Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
4The mountains skipped like rams, And the hills like lambs.
Cross References
Psalms 74:15Thou didst cleave forth the fountain and the stream; Thou didst dry up perennial rivers.
Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water, The skies sent forth thunder, And thine arrows flew.
Psalms 106:9He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.
Habakkuk 3:8Is the anger of Jehovah kindled against the rivers, Is thy wrath against the rivers, Is thy indignation against the floods, That thou ridest on with 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 →