Psalm 114
Words: Brady and Tate, A New Version of the Psalms of David
1 When Israel, by th' Almighty led,
(enriched by their oppressors' spoil,)
From Egypt marched, and Jacob's seed
from bondage in a foreign soil;
2 Jehovah, for his residence,
chose out imperial Judah's tent,
His mansion royal, and from thence
through Israel's camp his orders sent.
3 The distant sea with terror saw,
and from th' Almighty's presence fled;
Old Jordan's streams, surprised with awe,
retreated to their fountain's head.
4 The taller mountains skipped like rams,
when danger near the fold they hear;
The hills skipped after them like lambs,
affrighted by their leader's fear.
5 O sea, what made your tide withdraw,
and naked leave your oozy bed?
Why, Jordan, against nature's law,
recoil'dst thou to thy fountain's head?
6 Why, mountains, did ye skip like rams,
when danger does approach the fold?
Why after you the hills, like lambs,
when they their leader s flight behold?
7 Earth, tremble on; well may'st thou fear
thy Lord and Maker's face to see;
When Jacob's awful God draws near,
'tis time for earth and seas to rice.
8 To flee from God, who nature's law
confirms and cancels at his will;
Who springs from flinty rocks can draw,
and thirsty vales with water fill.
