“Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.”
The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. The natural order responds to God's power over Israel's behalf: the sea flees (Red Sea crossing) and the Jordan reverses (Joshua's crossing). The personification of water ('looked and fled,' 'turned back') suggests that creation recognizes and obeys God's presence. This verse portrays nature as responsive to God's salvific acts.
Church Fathers on Psalms 114:2
1. The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground. Joshua 3:15-17 We know these things, but yet we should not imagine in this Psalm, to which we have now answered by chanting Allelujah, that it is the purpose…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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