Psalms 114:5
What — to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!
Young's Literal Translation
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 have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.
6O mountains, ye skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:6Ho, sword of Jehovah, till when art thou not quiet? Be removed unto thy sheath, rest and cease.
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 →