Mountains Skip Like Rams and Hills Like Lambsby CBPepper
114:6Psalms 114:6
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
The question asks why the mountains bounded like rams and the little hills like lambs or sheep. The leaping portrays the dramatic upheaval of nature and creation's answer when God by mighty acts led His people out of bondage in Egypt to worship Him and displayed His power on their behalf. The line stands as the antistrophe to the earlier lines about the sea fleeing, the Jordan turning back, and the hills skipping, fitted for responsive singing by leaders and companies in worship.
In the account of Israel coming out of Egypt, opposing elements and powers give way before the Lord. The psalm belongs to Psalms 113-118 sung on Passover occasions, which Jesus sang just before His betrayal and the sufferings He knew lay ahead, showing faith in the Father even in the face of coming agony. The latter part of the psalm also points to Christ's second coming. The picturing of inanimate mountains and hills as living is personification, which explains how the New Jerusalem can be said to make herself ready.
The question asks why the mountains bounded like rams and the little hills like lambs or sheep. The leaping portrays the dramatic upheaval of nature and creation's answer when God by mighty acts led His people out of bondage in Egypt to worship Him and displayed His power on their behalf. The line stands as the antistrophe to the earlier lines about the sea fleeing, the Jordan turning back, and the hills skipping, fitted for responsive singing by leaders and companies in worship.
In the account of Israel coming out of Egypt, opposing elements and powers give way before the Lord. The psalm belongs to Psalms 113-118 sung on Passover occasions, which Jesus sang just before His betrayal and the sufferings He knew lay ahead, showing faith in the Father even in the face of coming agony. The latter part of the psalm also points to Christ's second coming. The picturing of inanimate mountains and hills as living is personification, which explains how the New Jerusalem can be said to make herself ready.