Psalm 114:4

4 The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.

Psalm 114:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 114:4

The mountains skipped like rams
The mountains of Sinai and Horeb quaked and moved at the presence of the Lord, when he descended thereon to give the law; these saw his glory and trembled, ( Exodus 19:18 ) ( Psalms 68:8 ) ( Habakkuk 3:6 Habakkuk 3:10 ) .

And the little hills like lambs;
very beautiful are the larger mountains of Sinai and Horeb compared to rams, and the motion of them to their skipping; and the little hills adjacent to them to lambs: these may represent the greater and lesser governors in the Roman empire at the time when such large conversions were made in it as before observed; and which skipped, and trembled, and fled, and were moved out of their places at the downfall of Paganism and progress of Christianity, ( Revelation 6:14 ) and also may be an emblem of the difficulties which lie like mountains and hills in the way of a sinner's conversion and effectual calling, which yet give way to and are surmounted by the efficacious grace of God; all mountains become a plain before him, and when he works none can let.

Psalm 114:4 In-Context

2 Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.

3 The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.

4 The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.

5 Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back?

6 Mountains, what made you jump like rams? Hills, what made you jump like lambs?