Read Psalms 114 in the King James Bible (opens in a new tab)
Psalm 114 poetically recalls Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and God’s powerful presence during the Exodus. It portrays creation itself responding in awe as seas flee, rivers turn back, mountains skip, and the earth trembles before the LORD. The psalm emphasizes that Israel’s freedom was not merely a historical event, but the result of God dwelling among His redeemed people. It highlights that the same God who transformed waterless rock into a flowing spring remains active and sovereign. The chapter calls readers to recognize God’s absolute authority and to respond with reverent fear.
Psalms 114:1 - 114:8
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
5 What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.