Bible Commentaries
JFB Critical & Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Psalms 114
Psalm 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God‘s former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
of strange language — (compare Psalm 81:5).
rams — (Psalm 29:6), 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; Joshua 3:14-17). Judah is put as a parallel to Israel, because of the destined, as well as real, prominence of that tribe.
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.
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