Psalm 114 (BSB)

A Psalm of Exodus

1 When Israel departed from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became God’s sanctuary,

Israel His dominion.

3 The sea observed and fled;

the Jordan turned back;

4 the mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled,

O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams,

O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool,

the flint into a fountain of water!

Understand Psalm 114

Walk through Psalm 114 verse by verse, then read what three commentaries say about the chapter. The explanations are written for new readers.