The miracles of God's power, when he brought his people out of Egypt, are a just ground of fearing him.
1WHEN 1Israela went out of Egypt, 2the house of Jacob from a people of 3strange language;
1 That is, the people of Israel, the Israelites.
a Exod. 13:3.
2 That is, his children or posterity.
3 Or, an unknown, an uncommon speech, understanding therewith the language of the Egyptians. The word in the Hebrew is nowhere else to be found but here. The apostle, 1 Cor. 14:11, called anyone a barbarian who uses a strange, unknown language.
24Judah was 5his sanctuary, and 6Israel 7his dominion.
4 Understand here by Judah all the people of Israel.
5 Namely, the sanctuary of the Lord; that is, the Lord consecrated the people of Israel to Himself to become His peculiar people, about which He was Lord and King. See Exod. 6:6; 19:6.
6 That is, the people of Israel.
7 Hebr. his dominions. God was indeed Lord over Israel before, as over His own people, but in the leading forth of them out of Egypt He did most clearly make it appear, and He did thereby engage the people the more firmly unto Himself. See Exod. 6:6; 20:2.
3The 8sea saw it, and fled: 9Jordan was driven back.
8 Understand here the Red sea, through which the Israelites passed on dry foot, Exod. 14:21, Psalm 77:16; 78:13.
9 See Joshua 3:16.
4The 10mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills 11like lambs.
10 Understand here the hills and mountains of Sinai, Horeb and others in the desert, which trembled and shook by reason of the presence of God at the giving of His law, Exod. 19:18; Psalm 68:8; Hab. 3:6, 10.
11 Hebr. like sons of sheep or goats, that is, lambs. See also Psalm 29:6.
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou 12Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
12 See Joshua 3:16.
613Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, 14like lambs?
13 Understand here the hills and mountains of Sinai, Horeb and others in the desert, which trembled and shook by reason of the presence of God at the giving of His law, Exod. 19:18; Psalm 68:8; Hab. 3:6, 10.
14 Hebr. like sons of sheep or goats, that is, lambs. See also Psalm 29:6.
715Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
15 He wants to say: as thou didst tremble before Him at that time, thus thou shouldest continue to do still, being that fear is due unto Him, Mal. 1:6.
816Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
16 That is, Who made a flood to flow out of the rock. See Exod. 17:6; Num. 20:11.