Religion

Psalm 114

by William Barton 1598?–1678

From The Book of Psalms in Metre (1644)

Religion

WHen Israel Aegypts bounds forsook,
Their dwelling to exchange:
And Jacobs house their journey took
From folk of language strange:
His Sanctu'ry was Judah there,
He rul'd in Israel:
The sea saw that and fled for fear,
And Jordan backward fell.
Th' affrighted mountains skipt like rams,
Low hillocks like young sheep:
What (JORDAN) rea•d thy waterdams,
Why fled the liquid deep?
What made ye, ô ye mountains dance,
Like tim'rous flocks of rams?
Ye little hills, how chance, how chance,
Ye skipt like frighted lambs?
O earth in great Gods presence quake,
Even Jacobs God, that brings
The stony rock to standing lake,
The flint to water-springs.

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A metrical version of Psalm 114.

MLA

Barton, William. “Psalm 114.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/barton_w/113/.

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Barton, William. “Psalm 114.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/barton_w/113/.

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