Psalm 114

Authorship

This Psalm is anonymous.

Outline

(This began as Wendland's Expository Outline, but may be adapted.)

I. Out of bondage. (1-3)

A. Israel was delivered out of Egypt.

B. The house of Jacob fled from a people of strange language.

C. God delivered them because Judah (which means praise) was His sanctuary and Israel His dominion.

D. The Red Sea opened so they could pass through and escape.

II. Into blessing. (3-4)

A. The Jordan River was driven back so they could cross over and enter into their promised land.

B. The elements rejoiced with them:

1. The mountains skipped like rams.

2. The little hills skipped like lambs.

3. The earth trembled at God’s presence.

III. What caused the Red Sea and the Jordan River to be driven back that they could leave bondage and enter into blessing? The presence of the Lord: (5-8)

A. The God of Jacob.

B. The One who turned the rock into a standing water.

C. The one who turned the flint into a fountain of waters.