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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 114"
description: "PSALM 114   :-. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/commentary-critical-and-explanatory-on-the-whole-bible/psalms/114"
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PSALM 114

. 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
[Psalms 81:5](../../../kjv/psalms/81/5)).

**4. skipped . . . rams**— (), describes the waving of mountain forests, poetically
representing the *motion* of the mountains. The poetical
description of the effect of God's presence on the sea and Jordan
alludes to the history ([Exodus 14:21](../../../kjv/exodus/14/21);
[Joshua 3:14-17](../../../kjv/joshua/3/14-17)). *Judah* is
put as a parallel to *Israel,* because of the destined, as well
as real, prominence of that tribe.

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

**7. at the presence of**—literally,
"from before," as if affrighted by the wonderful display of
God's power. Well may such a God be trusted, and great should be His
praise.

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

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