Psalm 114:5 {113:5}
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What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

Jeremiah 47:6,7 O thou sword of the Lord, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Go into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. . . .

Habakkuk 3:8 Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.

Context
Tremble at the Presence of the LORD
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like the lambs of the flock. 5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?…
Cross References
Exodus 14:21
And when Moses had stretched forth his hand over the sea, the Lord took it away by a strong and burning wind blowing all the night, and turned it into dry ground: and the water was divided.

Joshua 3:16
The waters that came down from above stood in one place, and swelling up like a mountain, were seen afar off, from the city that is called Adom, to the place of Sarthan: but those that were beneath, ran down into the sea of the wilderness, (which now is called the Dead Sea) until they wholly failed.

Psalm 114:6
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?

Habakkuk 3:8
Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.

Lexicon
Why was it,
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

O sea,
הַ֭יָּם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you fled,
תָנ֑וּס (ṯā·nūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away

O Jordan,
הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

that you turned
תִּסֹּ֥ב (tis·sōḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

back,
לְאָחֽוֹר׃ (lə·’ā·ḥō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West


Additional Translations
Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

What -- to thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, thou turnest back!
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