Psalms 114:3

“The sea saw it, and fled, etc.] When the Word of the Lord appeared at it, as the Targum in the king’s Bible; the Red sea, to which the Israelites came when they went out of Egypt; this saw that Judah was the Lord’s holy and peculiar people, and that Israel were the subjects of his kingdom; it saw the presence of the Lord among them; it saw him in the glory of his perfections, and felt his power; (see <197716>Psalm 77:16), at which its waters fled and parted, and stood up as a wall to make way for Israel to pass through as on dry land, (<021421>Exodus 14:21,29). This was typical of the nations of the Gentile world, comparable to the sea, (<270702>Daniel 7:2,3), who saw the work of God going…”

“The sea saw it - The word it is supplied, not very properly, by our translators. It would be more expressive to say, “The sea saw:” that is, The sea - (the Red Sea) - saw the mighty movement - the marshalled hosts - the moving masses - the cattle - the pursuing enemies - the commotion - the agitation - on its usually quiet shores. We are to conceive of the usual calmness of the desert - the waste and lonely solitudes on the banks of the Red Sea - and then all this suddenly broken in upon by vast hosts of men, women, children, and cattle, fleeing in consternation, followed by the embattled strength of Egypt - all rolling on tumultuously to the shore. No wonder that the sea is represented as…”

“114:3-4 hurried out of their way! The waters divided for Israel to escape Egypt (77:17-18; Exod 14). • The Jordan River turned away when Israel arrived to cross over (see Josh 3). • skipped like rams: God’s presence caused the mountains to quake (Exod 19:16-20).”

“sea: Psa 77:16, Psa 104:7, Psa 106:9; Exo 14:21, Exo 15:8; Isa 63:12; Hab 3:8, Hab 3:15 Jordan: Psa 74:15; Jos 3:13-16; Hab 3:9 Psalms 114:4”