Commentary

Psalm 114

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary (1871)

Three Scottish scholars’ careful, compact notes on every verse: good on meaning, history and the original languages.

Verses 1–4

Psa 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 Psa 81:5).

Verses 5–8

5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary (1871). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.