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 his power on their behalf. The psalm uses lively personification, describing the Red Sea and Jordan River as if they fled from God; the mountains as skipping like lambs; and the earth as trembling at God’s presence.

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