_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.