AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
Key verse: 114:7
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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First, the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt (1-2). As God promised, he led Israel out of Egypt. It was to make Israel a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Ex 19:6). God wanted to dwell among them. Where he dwells becomes his sanctuary and his kingdom. Second, at his presence (3-8). At his presence the Red Sea fled and through it the Lord brought his people as on dry land. At his presence the Jordan River rolled back so that his people could march into the Promised Land. At his presence Mount Sinai trembled violently in fire (Ex 19:18). At the presence of Mighty God, the earth trembles. But God uses his mighty power to protect his people and to supply their needs. He turned the rock into a pool. He made the hard Rock (Christ) pour out springs of water. Praise the Lord!
Prayer: Lord, you are the creator, mighty God. You save us from our sin, death and the power of Satan. Dwell among us and make us your sanctuary as a kingdom of priests and a holy nation!
One Word: At your presence
