1 When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a people of strange speech,
2 Judah was (for) his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw and fled, the Jordan turned back,
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
5 What ailed ([was] to) thee, thou (the) sea, that thou didst flee? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
6 Ye mountains, skipped ye like rams? ye hills like lambs?
7 At the presence of the Lord tremble, O earth, at the presence of the God (Eloah) of Jacob,
8 Turning the rock [into] a pool of water, the flint to a spring of waters.
Notes on Psalm 114
It is not only Jehovah’s glory above the heavens, yet stooping to look on the lowliest here below, as proved already in Israel. The sea, the river, the mountains, and the hills, the earth, all teach from before Him, Who will be to Jacob all He was of old and more. His power in goodness is unfailing.