Psalm 114:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 114:3-6

Psalms 114:3-6. The sea saw it, and fled Saw that God was present with and among them in an extraordinary manner, and therefore fled; for nothing could have been more awful. Jordan is driven back At the appearance of the divine glory which conducted them. “Although forty years intervened between the two events here mentioned, yet, as the miracles were of the same nature, they are spoken of together.” The mountains skipped like rams Horeb and Sinai, two tops of one mountain, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

Psalms 113-114 When hope seems gonePsalms 113:0 to 118 form a collection called the Hallel. Israelites sang the Hallel at various annual festivals, the most important of which was the Passover. They sang Psalms 113:0 and 114 before eating the meal, and Psalms 115:0 to 118 after (cf. Matthew 26:30).From east to west, now and for ever, God is worthy to be worshipped by those who serve him (113:1-4). Although he is enthroned in the highest place, he is concerned about his creatures on earth (5-6).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 114:5

What. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 114:5

5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 114:1-6

1. God’s deliverance at the Exodus 114:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 114:1-8

Psalms 114As mentioned previously, the Israelites sang this song at Passover. This was appropriate since it describes God delivering the nation in the Exodus, which event has cosmic implications. It is another psalm of descriptive praise. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 114:1-8

This has been called ’one of the finest lyrics in literature.’ Probably it is a post-exilic psalm wherein, under the figure of the old exodus from Egypt, the Psalmist chants the return from Babylon. In all ages of the Church it has been used to celebrate the release from the bondage of sin. Hence it is a hymn for Easter night.1. Strange language] i.e. unintelligible speech—foreign. 2. Was] RV ’became.’3. Saw it] i.e. the presence of God. The allusion is to the dividing of the Red Sea and of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 114:1-8

The Response of the Environment Psalms 114:1 ; Psalms 114:4 I. It is said that man is affected by his environment. It is true; but it is equally true that man's environment is affected by him. We are influenced by the sights and sounds around us; but it is no less certain that the sights and sounds around us are influenced by us. In this passage we have an incident of the latter kind. When Israel went out of Egypt there was a change in her environment. 'The mountains skipped.' She transferred... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

Psalms 114:1-8It is possible that in this psalm Israel, restored from Babylon, is looking back to the earlier Exodus, and shrilling with the great thought that that old past lives again in the present. Such a historical parallel would minister courage and hope. But the eyes of psalmists were ever turning to the great days when a nation was born, and there are no data in this psalm which connect it with a special period, except certain peculiarities in the form of the words "turns" and... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 114:1-8

Psalm 114-117 Psalms 114:0 Retrospect As in the book of Deuteronomy God’s ways with His people are reviewed so we find in some of these Psalms the reminders of God’s dealing with Israel in the past. Here it is first of all the deliverance out of Egypt and what happened then, the type of the greater deliverance effected by the power of God. (See Jeremiah 16:14-15 .) read more