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Psalms 114:6

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams,.... Not for joy, but fear; what caused these trembling motions, these violent agitations, and quakings, and movings to and fro like the skipping of rams?And ye little hills, like lambs?

what was it that disturbed you, and put you into a panic, that you skipped like frightened lambs?

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