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The Psalms

Psalms 114

Psalms, Book V · KJV

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1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Psalms 114:1–8

Word detail

Israel

The naming account connects the name with prevailing in a struggle involving God.

Israel is Jacob's covenant name and also a designation for the people descended from him. In accounts of divided kingdoms it can specifically name the northern kingdom. The psalm's prayer, praise, or reflection establishes the contextual use. The complete poetic line supplies the relationship and comparison intended.