Psalm 114:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

The psalmist is here remembering the days of old, the years of the right hand of the Most High, and the wonders which their fathers told them of (Jdg. 6:13), for time, as it does not wear out the guilt of sin, so it should not wear out the sense of mercy. Let it never be forgotten, I. That God brought Israel out of the house of bondage with a high hand and a stretched-out arm: Israel went out of Egypt, Ps. 114:1. They did not steal out clandestinely, nor were they driven out, but fairly went... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 114:6

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams ,.... Not for joy, but fear; what caused these trembling motions, these violent agitations, and quakings, and movings to and fro like the skipping of rams? And ye little hills, like lambs ? what was it that disturbed you, and put you into a panic, that you skipped like frightened lambs? These questions are put, by a beautiful and poetical figure, to inanimate creatures; the Red sea, the river of Jordan, the mountains of Sinai and Horeb, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

God with us. This psalm, which is so full of fine poetry, is also charged with spiritual suggestiveness. In the few verses of which it is composed, it brings before us the nearness of God to us, and the power he is exerting on us. We have— I. HIS DWELLING - PLACE IN US . "Judah was his sanctuary" ( Psalms 114:2 ). God dwelt in Judah in a sense in which he dwelt nowhere else. There was his manifested presence, and thither the tribes came up when they wanted to offer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

The soul's exodus. The psalm is a wonderfully vivid and beautiful description of the deliverance of God's people from Egypt. In all ages of the Church this has been looked upon as the pattern and type of the soul's deliverance by the redemption of Christ. Much of that history is suggested here. We are shown— I. FROM WHENCE THE SOUL WAS SET FREE . 1. From Egypt, the true type of the world. At first so pleasant, so prosperous, so Goshen-like, so free from care, life... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 114:1-8

The spiritual exodus. I. WE MAKE OUR ESCAPE FROM A STATE OF BONDAGE — EGYPT . 1. A life of sin is a life of spiritual bondage . ( Romans 6:16 .) 2. Such a life of bondage brings us into "strange" and unnatural relations . ( Psalms 114:1 .) Egypt was not the home of the Israelites. II. THE SPIRITUAL EXODUS BRINGS US INTO OUR TRUE , OR DIVINE , RELATIONS . ( Psalms 114:2 .) 1. We become consecrated temples for the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 114:5-6

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou filledest thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back t. ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs ? Most poetically, the psalmist apostrophizes the sea, the Jordan, the mountains, and the lesser hills, inquiring of them for what reason they had forsaken their nature and done such strange things; or rather, addressing them as present, and as if the scenes were being enacted before his eyes, and asking why they are so strangely... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 114:5-6

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?... - literally, “What to thee, O sea,” etc. That is, What influenced thee - what alarmed thee - what put thee into such fear, and caused such consternation? Instead of stating the cause or reason why they were thus thrown into dismay, the psalmist uses the language of surprise, as if these inanimate objects had been smitten with sudden terror, and as if it were proper to ask an explanation from themselves in regard to conduct that seemed so... read more

Joseph Benson

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

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