“The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.”
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. All creation participates in joyful response to God's liberation of Israel: mountains 'skip' and hills 'leap' like exuberant animals. The imagery of wild, joyful movement suggests cosmic celebration. This verse portrays creation's exultation at God's redemptive work.
Church Fathers on Psalms 114:3
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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