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 the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Iacob from a people of strange language:

2Iudah was his sanctuarie: and Israel his dominion.

3The sea sawe it, and fled: Iordan was driuen backe.

4The mountaines skipped like rammes: and the little hilles like lambes.

5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Iordan, that thou wast driuen backe?

6Yee mountaines, that yee skipped like rammes: and yee little hilles like lambes?

7Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the God of Iacob:

8Which turned the rocke into a standing water: the flint into a fountaine of waters.

I == Ex 13:3

 

 

III == Ex 14:21 ; Josh 3:13

 

 

V == Hab 3:8

 

 

 

 

 

VIII == Ex 17:6 ; Num 20:11 ; Ps 107:35

 

1When Israel came forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from an alien people,

2 Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel, God’s domain.

3 The sea saw and fled;the Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams; the hills, like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled? Jordan, that you turned back?

6 Mountains, that you skipped like rams? You hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob,

8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, flint into a flowing spring.

V 1-4 This Psalm praising the Exodus was to be sung at the Passover, which was established at that time. Mention is made of the parting of the waters at the Red Sea and Jordan. Ex. 19:18 and Ps. 68:8 tells how Sinai was all a smoke and the whole mountain shaking in an earthquake.

 

 

 

V 5-8 The Psalmist asks the mountain and sea why they behaved as they did, then instruct them to continue to do so in the presence of God, because He was mighty enough to split the rock and bring forth water. See my note on  Ps. 105:41.