GOD'S PRESENCE IN THE MIDST
Key verse: 2
NIV
Psalm 114
1 When Israel came out of Egypt,(A)
Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
2 Judah(B) became God’s sanctuary,(C)
Israel his dominion.
3 The sea looked and fled,(D)
the Jordan turned back;(E)
4 the mountains leaped(F) like rams,
the hills like lambs.
5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?(G)
Why, Jordan, did you turn back?
6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,
you hills, like lambs?
Cross references
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ESV
Tremble at the Presence of the Lord
114 When (A)Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from (B)a people of strange language,
2 Judah became his (C)sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.
3 (D)The sea looked and fled;
(E)Jordan turned back.
4 (F)The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
5 What (G)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 (H)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turns (I)the rock into (J)a pool of water,
(K)the flint into a spring of water.
Cross references
- Psalm 114:1 : Ex. 12:37
- Psalm 114:1 : Ps. 81:5; [Gen. 42:23]
- Psalm 114:2 : Ps. 78:68, 69; [Ex. 15:17; 25:8]
- Psalm 114:3 : See Ps. 77:16
- Psalm 114:3 : See Josh. 3:13-16
- Psalm 114:4 : [Ps. 18:7; 29:6; Ex. 19:18]
- Psalm 114:5 : [Hab. 3:8]
- Psalm 114:7 : Ps. 96:9
- Psalm 114:8 : Num. 20:11; See Ps. 78:15
- Psalm 114:8 : See Ps. 107:35
- Psalm 114:8 : Deut. 8:15
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1. Judah became God's sanctuary (1-2)
God rescued his people from slavery in Egypt so that he could come and dwell in their midst. He wanted them to be a holy nation and a kingdom of priests (Ex 19:5,6). God is an awesome God. He brought his people through the Red Sea as on dry ground; he rolled back the waters of the Jordan River so that they could cross over into the promised land. He put his temple in Jerusalem so that he could dwell with his people there. God's people are holy because God dwells with them.
2. God's holy presence is a blessing (3-8)
All nature is awed by God's presence. The sea looks and flees; the mountains skip like playful sheep. The earth trembles at the presence of the Lord. But the Lord uses his mighty power to protect his people and supply their needs. When he is present, no one can be thirsty, for he turns the rock into a pool of water.
Prayer: Lord, come and dwell in our midst. Help us to fear you and love you and obey your command to be a kingdom of priests.
One Word: God dwells with his people to bless
