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Israel's departure from Egypt is recalled with Judah as sanctuary; sea, Jordan, mountains, and hills are personified as fleeing or skipping before the Lord who turns rock into water.
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Psalms 114
Israel's departure from Egypt is recalled with Judah as sanctuary; sea, Jordan, mountains, and hills are personified as fleeing or skipping before the Lord who turns rock into water.
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1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob…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…5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou…6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little…7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at…8Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint…