Psalms 114 – The Earth Trembles at the Exodus
A vivid, compact retelling of the Red Sea and Jordan parting before Israel.
Following the temple praise of Psalms 113, this short psalm turns to history, picturing the sea fleeing and the Jordan driven back when Israel came out of Egypt.
I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.
Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
I will please the Lord in the land of the living.