Psalms 114

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114:1
בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם בֵּית יַעֲקֹב מֵעַם לֹעֵז׃
When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
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114:2
הָיְתָה יְהוּדָה לְקָדְשׁוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָיו׃
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
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114:3
הַיָּם רָאָה וַיָּנֹס הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃
The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan turned backward.
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114:4
הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃
The mountains skipped like rams, The hills like young sheep.
114:5
מַה־לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס הַיַּרְדֵּן תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃
What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?
114:6
הֶהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye hills, like young sheep?
114:7
מִלִּפְנֵי אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲקֹב׃
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob;
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114:8
הַהֹפְכִי הַצּוּר אֲגַם־מָיִם חַלָּמִישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָיִם׃
Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.
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Rashi on Psalms 114:2

<b>Judah became His holy nation</b> He took Judah as the lot of His portion and His sanctity, and even they sanctified His name when they descended into the sea, as the matter that is stated (above 68: 28): “the princes of Judah pelt them with stones...

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