A manual of the book of Psalms · Martin Luther
PSALM CXIV.
_An exhortation, by the example of the dumb creatures, to fear God in his church._ 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. The mountains skipped like rams, _and_ the little hills like lambs, What _ailed_ thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, _that_ thou wast driven back? Ye mountains, _that_ ye skipped like rams; _and_ ye little hills like lambs? Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Which turned the rock _into_ a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. This is a Psalm of thanksgiving, and a song for the people of Israel, to praise God while celebrating the feast of the passover; to magnify him for bringing them with a high hand out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, through the desert, over mountains, and through Jordan, into the land of promise. We use this Psalm to give thanks unto Christ, who delivered us from the kingdom of darkness, and translated us into the kingdom of light, even into his own kingdom, the kingdom of God’s dear Son, and led us forth into eternal life.
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