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Psalms

A collection of songs and prayers expressing a wide range of emotions and thoughts on faith.

Chapter 114

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1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

*When Israel left Egypt, the family of Jacob also escaped from a group of people who spoke differently.

2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

*Judah was God's special place, and Israel was under His control.

3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

*The sea noticed it and ran away: Jordan moved backward.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

*The mountains hopped like strong sheep, and the small hills leaped like baby sheep.

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

*What happened to you, oh Jordan Sea, that you ran away? Why were you pushed back?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

*"You mountains, why did you leap like goats; and you small hills, why did you jump like young sheep?"

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

*Quake, Earth, in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of God, Jacob's mighty protector.

8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

*Which made the rock a flowing water source, and turned the flint into a gushing water fspring.

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