God’s Rescue of Israel from Egypt.

¹When Israel came out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

²Judah became His sanctuary,

And Israel His dominion. [Ex 29:45, 46; Deut 27:9]

³¶The [Red] Sea looked and fled;[#114:3 Some of the ancient rabbis said that the sea saw God’s right hand placed on Moses. Others said that it saw God’s name (YHWH) engraved on Moses’ staff.]

The Jordan turned back. [Ex 14:21; Josh 3:13, 16; Ps 77:16]

⁴The mountains leaped like rams,

The [little] hills, like lambs.

⁵What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

⁶O mountains, that you leap like rams,

O [little] hills, like lambs?

⁷¶Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the God of Jacob (Israel),

⁸Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of water. [Ex 17:6; Num 20:11]