Text: Psalm 114:3
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 8:15
Subject: redemption imagery
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Deuteronomy 8:15 recalls God leading Israel through "the vast and terrifying wilderness" and bringing "water from the rock of flint" (מִצּוּר הַחַלָּמִישׁ, mitzur hachallamish). Psalm 114:3 celebrates the same exodus events in hymnic form: "The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back." Both texts recall God's miraculous provision during the exodus journey, but Psalm 114 transforms Deuteronomy's historical narration into cosmic poetry—even nature responds to God's presence. The wilderness miracles Moses recounts to instill humility and gratitude become in the psalmist's hands a summons for all creation to tremble before the God who shatters rock into water springs.