1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.
5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the L-rd, at the presence of the G-d of Jacob;
8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
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Today's Verse
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
Verse Of The DayThe rock turned into standing water recalls the desert provision described in Psalms 107:35, and the psalm's awe at God's presence continues into Psalms 115.
