Tehillim 114:5

5 What ailed thee, O thou yam, that thou didst flee? Thou Yarden, that thou wast driven back?

Tehillim 114:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 114:5

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
&c.] What was the matter with thee? what appeared to thee? what didst thou see? what didst thou feel, which caused thee to flee in such haste?

Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
what is the meaning that thou didst not continue to flow as usual? what was it that stopped thy flowing tide? that cut off thy waters? that drove them back as fast or faster than they came?

Tehillim 114:5 In-Context

3 The yam saw it, and fled; Yarden was driven back.

4 The harim skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

5 What ailed thee, O thou yam, that thou didst flee? Thou Yarden, that thou wast driven back?

6 Ye harim, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of Hashem, at the presence of Elohei Ya’akov;