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Psalms 114:1 open_in_new
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of (a) strange language;
(a) Or, barbarous.
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Psalms 114:2 open_in_new
Judah was his (b) sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.
(b) The whole people were witnesses to his holy majesty in adopting them, and of his mighty power in delivering them.
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Psalms 114:4 open_in_new
The (c) mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
(c) Seeing that these dead creatures felt God's power and after a sort saw it, much more his people ought to consider it, and glorify him for the same.
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Psalms 114:7 open_in_new
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?
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Psalms 114:8 open_in_new
Which (e) turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
(e) That is, miraculously caused water to come out of the rock in great abundance, (Exodus 17:6).