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Psalms 114 — with JFB Commentary
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1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
PSALM 114
Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.