In Psalms one hundred fourteen the Psalmist said, “when Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs”, and in chapter one hundred fourteen and verse five of Psalms the Psalmist asked, “What ailed you, O you sea?” where we read,
What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?
The verse begins, “What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled?” The Psalmist began with the words, “what ailed you” which means “wherein, whereby and wherewith troubled, afflicted, pained, distressed and bothered you, the sea”, “O you sea” or “O you large body of water such as the Red, Dead and Mediterranean Seas”, “that you fled” which means “so you, the sea, escaped, took flight, departed and disappeared”? The Psalmist asked what troubled and pained the “sea” so that it took flight and departed.
The verse goes on to say, “you Jordan, that you were driven back?” The Psalmist continued with the words, “you Jordan” or “you, Jordon whose name means descender and was the river of Palestine running from the roots of Anti-Lebanon to the Dead Sea a distance of approximately two hundred miles or three hundred and twenty kilometers”, “that you were driven back” or “so you, the “sea”, turned to the rear or backwards”? The Psalmist questioned the reason that the “Jordan river” was turned backwards.
When we consider the words in this verse, we see how the Psalmist questioned the reason that the troubled “sea” was put to flight, and he asked why the “Jordan river” was turned backwards. God caused them to move, and because He is Creator God, He is able to affect whatever earthly conditions He desires. God is all-powerful, and He loves people. He sent His Son Jesus into the world to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind. When we yield our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and allow us to watch Him work with the seas and rivers in accordance with His Divine purpose and will.
Next time the Psalmist shares about, “mountains skipping like rams”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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