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Psalms 114:3

Psalms 114:3
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The sea saw it, and fled,.... When the Word of the Lord appeared at it, as the Targum in the king's Bible; the Red sea, to which the Israelites came when they went out of Egypt; this saw that Judah…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The sea saw it - The word it is supplied, not very properly, by our translators. It would be more expressive to say, “The sea saw:” that is, The sea - (the Red Sea) - saw the mighty movement - the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 114:1-8

The psalmist is here remembering the days of old, the years of the right hand of the Most High, and the wonders which their fathers told them of (Jdg 6:13), for time, as it does not wear out the guilt…