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Psalm 114

Remember the great things that God has done

114:1This is the second ‘Hallel’ psalm. It tells us what happened when the people of Israel left Egypt.

1 God led Israel's people out of Egypt.

Jacob's descendants left that foreign land.

2 Judah became God's special place for his people.

There he ruled over Israel's people.

114:2Judah was the land that belonged to the tribe Judah, one of the 12 tribes of Israel. It became the name for the Israelite kingdom in the south.

3 The sea looked and ran away!

The Jordan River also turned back!

114:3The sea was the Red Sea. The Israelites had to go across it to escape from Egypt. See Exodus 14:10-22 A dry path appeared in the sea so that they could go across. God also opened a way for them to go across the Jordan River into Canaan. See Joshua 3:7-17.

4 The mountains shook,

like sheep that are jumping.

The hills jumped like lambs.

114:4The hills and mountains jumped like animals when the Lord was near. See Exodus 19:18-20.

5 Tell me, sea, why did you run away?

Tell me, Jordan River, why did you turn back?

6 And you mountains and hills,

why did you jump like sheep?

7 Earth, shake with fear!

The Lord, Jacob's God, has come to you,

so be afraid!

8 He changed a rock into a pool of water!

Water poured out of a hard rock!