Salmi 114:3-8

3 Il mare lo vide e fuggì, il Giordano tornò addietro.

4 I monti saltarono come montoni, i colli come agnelli.

5 Che avevi, o mare, che fuggisti? E tu, Giordano, che tornasti addietro?

6 E voi, monti, che saltaste come montoni, e voi, colli, come agnelli?

7 Trema, o terra, alla presenza del Signore, alla presenza dell’Iddio di Giacobbe,

8 che mutò la roccia in istagno, il macigno in sorgente d’acqua.

Salmi 114:3-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 114

The title of this psalm in the Arabic version is "hallelujah", as in some preceding ones; it is part of the great "Hallel" sung at the passover, and with great propriety; since the subject matter of it is the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, typical of our spiritual redemption by Christ; and of the effectual calling of God's elect out of a state of nature into a state of grace; and particularly of the conversion of the Gentiles, and the bringing of them from Paganism to Christianity: the inscription of the Syriac version is,

``a psalm without a name, out of the ancient writing; concerning Moses, who sung praise at the sea; but unto us the calling of the Gospel, by which we become a new people; spiritual to God, who is incarnate; to Jesus Christ, who redeemed us by his blood from the curse of the Scripture (the law), and hath cleansed us from sin by his Spirit.''