1.
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
When Israel. Compare Exodus 13:3 .
Egypt. Not Babylon. The Psalm not post-exilic.
Jacob. See notes on Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:6 ; Genesis 46:27 , Genesis 46:28 .
2.
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
was = became. See note on Genesis 1:2 .
3.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The sea. Compare Exodus 14:21 .
Jordan. Compare Joshua 3:13 .
4.
The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5.
What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
What. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 .
6.
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7.
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
the Lord. Hebrew Adon. App-4 .
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4 .
8.
Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
turned = changed.
standing = pool.