But why do I ask these questions? Ye mountains did no more than what was just and fit at the approach and appearance of the great God; yea, the whole earth hath reason to tremble and quake upon such occasions.
TREMBLE, THOU EARTH, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD ... - This is at the same time an explanation of the facts referred to in the previous verses, and the statement of an important truth in regard to the...
PSALM 114-117 Psalms 114 Retrospect As in the book of Deuteronomy God's ways with His people are reviewed so we find in some of these Psalms the reminders of God's dealing with Israel in the past....
CXIV. The marvels on the way from Egypt to Zion, the future sanctuary of Yahweh, and to Canaan as Israel's possession. A Passover hymn....
THE LORD. Hebrew Adon. App-4. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4....
TREMBLE, THOU EARTH— The LXX read, _The earth did tremble,_ in a more easy meaning, as being an answer to the foregoing question; but perhaps not so well suited to the Psalmist's design, which is to l...
PSALMS 114 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Passover Song. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 114:1-2, The Deliverance out of Egypt set forth as the Basis of Jehovah's Worship and Reign in Israel. Stanza II., Psalms 11...
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; TREMBLE, THOU EARTH, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. The Psalmist hereby answers his own question (: cf. Psalms...
This has been called 'one of the finest lyrics in literature.' Probably it is a post-exilic psalm wherein, under the figure of the old exodus from Egypt, the Psalmist chants the return from Babylon. I...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ SEAS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS AND HILLS OBEY GOD! PSALMS 114 Jesus said, "If you have *faith as small as a (very small) seed, (this is what you can do). You will say...
TREMBLE. — Literally, _be in travail._ This answer to his question is introduced with consummate art. Well may the mountains tremble, when it is the Lord of all the earth, the God of Jacob, who is pre...
מִ לִּ פְנֵ֣י אָ֭דֹון ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝
Psalms 114:1 It is possible that in this psalm Israel, restored from Babylon, is looking back to the earlier Exodus, and shrilling with the great thought that that old past lives again in the present....
THE MIGHTY GOD UPLIFTETH THE LOWLY Psalms 113:1; Psalms 114:1 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalmed by the ps...
This is the second psalm in the Hallel. The first set forth the might and mercy of Jehovah. This is pre-eminently a song of His might, and so the name of God is used. If however it sings of His might,...
Tremble, thou (d) earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; (d) Ought then his people to be insensible when they see his power and majesty?...
_Rest. The peace of the soul, which must precede eternal happiness. --- Bountiful to. Hebrew, "rewarded." The Chaldean termination i, occurs twice in this verse, whence some would prove that it was wr...
Here, the answer is given. As Sinai moved at God's presence, so mountains of sin, nations of idolatry, Satan, and all the powers of darkness, fall away beneath the sovereignty of Jesus, and his gospel...
_‘THE GOD THAT DOETH WONDERS’_ ‘God which turned the rock into a standing water.’ Psalms 114:7 I. I CONSIDER THE PROMISES AND THE VICTORIES OF THE BIBLE, AND I SEE THAT THEY ARE OCCASIONAL, called...
7_At the presence of the Lord _Having aroused the senses of men by interrogations, he now furnishes a reply, which many understand to be a personification of the earth; because they take י, _yod, _to...
Psalms 114 is of the highest style of poetry, but is important to us as directly connecting the ancient deliverance of Israel out of Egypt with the present deliverance of the people, and seeing the sa...
TREMBLE, THOU EARTH, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,.... Or, "the earth has trembled at the presence of the Lord"; so the Syriac and Arabic versions render it; the imperative is sometimes put for the pre...
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Ver. 7. _Tremble, thou earth, &c._] Heb. Be in pain, as a travailing woman; for if the giving of the law had suc...
_Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord_ But why do I ask these questions? Ye mountains and hills were no further moved than was quite just and proper, at the approach and presence of the gr...
THE GOD OF JACOB THE DELIVERER OUT OF EGYPT. A majestic song celebrating the care of God for His people at the time of the exodus from Egypt, when all the powers of nature were called to contribute f...
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, that being the explanation of the agitation in nature at various times during the wilderness journey, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE GOD OF JACOB,...
Psalms 114:7 Tremble H2342 (H8798) earth H776 presence H6440 Lord H113 presence H6440 God H433 Jacob H3290...
Psalms 114:1. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. T...
CONTENTS: The deliverance of Israel out of Egypt. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: He who made the hills and the mountains to skip, can when He pleases dissipate the strength and spirit of the...
This is another hallelujah psalm, praising the Lord for deliverance from Egypt for calling the Hebrews to holiness for dividing the sea, and driving Jordan back for making the mountains skip like lamb...
_When Israel went out of Egypt._ THE WORKINGS OF THE ETERNAL WILL God has a will. He doeth all things after the “counsel of His own will.” The universe is but His will in form and action. It is the...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 114:1. This hymn of praise celebrates the special status of Israel in God’s plan. All of nature obeys the Lord, and yet he has chosen little Israel to be his own. He exerts...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 114:7 TURNS THE ROCK INTO A POOL. There are two events like this in the Pentateuch, Exodus 17:6 and...
INTRODUCTION Date and Authorship unknown; ascribed to the three Hebrew children, Esther and Mordscai. BONDAGE AND DELIVERANCE (_Psalms 114:1_) I. THE BONDAGE WAS DEGRADING. “Israel,” “Egypt”. The d...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of reminiscence, designed to encourage the exiles on their return from Babylon, during their "day of small things" (Zechariah 4:10; comp. Ezra 3:12). If God had done so much for the...
Now Psalms 114:1-8 is a little psalm that calls the deliverance of the... recalls the deliverance of the children of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt. When Israel went out of Egypt, and the house of...
Isaiah 64:1; Jeremiah 5:22; Job 26:11; Job 9:6; Micah 6:1;...
Tremble — The mountains did more than what was fit at the appearance of the great God....