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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 129 of 159
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/129/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 129. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/129/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 129. Psalm 114

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[¶0] 1 When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people barbarous;

[¶1] 2 [Then] was Judah for his holiness, Israel, his dominions.

[¶2] 3 The sea saw, and fled, Jordan was turned backward.

[¶3] 4 The mountains leaped as rams, The hills as the lambs of the flock.

[¶4] 5 What ailed thee, O sea! that thou fleddest? And thou, O Jordan! that thou wast turned back?

[¶5] 6 Ye mountains, that ye leaped like rams; Ye hills, as the lambs of the flock?

[¶6] 7 At the presence of the Lord, tremble, O earth! At the presence of the God of Jacob;

[¶7] 8 Who turned the rock into pools of water, The flinty rock into a fountain of waters.