- 1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- 2Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
- 3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
- 4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
- 5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
- 6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
- 7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
- 8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
KING JAMES VERSION
PSALMS 114
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CHAPTER VISUAL
Psalms 114 — Creation trembles before the Lord who brought Israel from Egypt and turned sea, river, mountain, and flint for His people.
About this illustration
Exodus and Jordan memories are combined poetically as the psalm does; mountains move through visual rhythm rather than animal bodies.
Scripture basis: Psalms 114:1–8King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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At the appearance of the Elect One, the mountains leap like rams and the hills like lambs, closely echoing the psalm.