Psalm 114:5
“What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?”
KJV
Read in Psalm 114Meaning
The rhetorical question pauses the hymn and directs attention from the spectacular events toward their theological cause: the presence of the Lord named in verse 7.
Creation responds to God's presence
Sea, river, mountains, and hills are personified as moving before the Lord.
Read carefully
It belongs to this specific exodus poem and does not grant universal certainty about disasters.
Reflection
Reflect carefully without rushing to claim certainty about God's specific intention.