Psalm 114
Psalm 114 Meaning
Psalm 114 remembers the exodus in vivid poetry: the sea fled, the Jordan turned back, and the mountains skipped like rams at the presence of the LORD.
It calls the whole earth to tremble before the God who turns rock into pools of water.
Key verses from Psalm 114
“When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;”
Psalm 114:1
“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.”
Psalm 114:3
“Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;”
Psalm 114:7
How Psalm 114 points to Jesus
The God who parted the sea leads a greater exodus in Jesus, bringing His people out of slavery to sin. At His presence death itself turns back.