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Old Testament · Book 19 of 66

Psalms 114

8 verses · WEB & KJV side-by-side

Psalms 114 is part of Psalms, hebrew poetry in the Old Testament, traditionally attributed to David (73 psalms), Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, others (c. 1410–430 BC (compiled over a millennium)). The Psalms are 150 inspired songs and prayers covering every emotion the human heart knows — praise, lament, confession, thanksgiving, anger, longing. Below you can read all 8 verses of Psalms 114 in both the World English Bible (WEB) and the King James Version (KJV).

1

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

2

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

4

The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

5

What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

6

You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

7

Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

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