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March 20, 2019 at 7:34 am #8340

JoanneF

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Dummelow states: ” This (Ps.114) has been called ‘one of the finest lyrics in literature.’ Probably it is a post-exilic psalm wherein, under the figure of the old exodus from Egypt, the Psalmist chants the return from Babylon. In all ages of the Church it has been used to celebrate the release from the bondage of sin. Hence it is a hymn for Easter night. (Ps.114:3) “the presence of God.” The allusion is to the dividing of the Red Sea and of Jordan, the opening and closing events of the deliverance from Egypt. ‘Skipped,’ i.e. trembled. ‘What ailed?’ The answer is, the presence of God.”

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