2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

114:2 Judah - Or Israel, one tribe being put for all. Judah he mentions as the chief of all the tribes.

3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

114:4 The mountains - Horeb and Sinai, two tops of one mountain, and other neighbouring mountains.

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

114:7 Tremble - The mountains did more than what was fit at the appearance of the great God.

8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.