Chapter commentary
Psalms Chapter 114
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Ps 114:1-8.
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Ps 114:1-8.
The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.
1-4. of strange language--(compare
Ps 81:5).
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4. 跳躍……公羊——
（Ps 29:6），
描寫山林的搖曳，詩意地呈現山的搖動。對神的同在臨到大海與約旦河的詩意描繪，暗指歷史事件
（Ex 14:21； Jos 3:14-17）。
猶大與以色列並列，因為該支派在命定與實際上都居於顯要地位。
English original
4. skipped . . . rams--
(Ps 29:6),
describes the waving of mountain forests, poetically representing the motion of the mountains. The poetical description of the effect of God's presence on the sea and Jordan alludes to the history
(Ex 14:21; Jos 3:14-17).
Judah is put as a parallel to Israel, because of the destined, as well as real, prominence of that tribe.
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5-8. 這些問題以更鮮明的方式表達了含蓄的答案。
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5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.
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7. 在……面前——按字面作「從……面前」，彷彿因神大能奇妙的彰顯而驚惶。這樣一位神實在配得信靠，祂的讚美也當極大。
English original
7. at the presence of--literally, "from before," as if affrighted by the wonderful display of God's power. Well may such a God be trusted, and great should be His praise.
Ps 114:1-8.
作者簡潔而優美地頌揚神過去對其子民的眷顧，大自然竟奇妙地為他們的益處而效力。
1-4. 異言的——（參
Ps 81:5）。