Psalm 114:5

5 Que tens tu, ó mar, para fugires? e tu, ó Jordão, para tornares atrás?

Psalm 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?

Psalm 114:5 In-Context

3 O mar viu isto, e fugiu; o Jordão tornou atrás.

4 Os montes saltaram como carneiros, e os outeiros como cordeiros do rebanho.

5 Que tens tu, ó mar, para fugires? e tu, ó Jordão, para tornares atrás?

6 E vós, montes, que saltais como carneiros, e vós outeiros, como cordeiros do rebanho?

7 Treme, ó terra, na presença do Senhor, na presença do Deus de Jacó,