Psalms 114:3
The sea observed and fled;
What it says
The sea saw and fled, and the Jordan turned back.
What it is doing
This verse portrays the waters as yielding before God's presence.
In context
1When Israel departed from Egypt, 2Judah became God’s sanctuary, 3The sea observed and fled; 4the mountains skipped like rams, 5Why was it, O sea, that you fled, 6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, 7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, 8who turned the rock into a pool,