This is a great psalm. It talks about what happened when Israel came out of Egypt. I would like to draw some parallels between this and what happens when we get saved. Israel was set free from slavery. It talks about "a people of strange language". Egypt was a place they did not belong. Likewise we were never meant to live as people separated from God. When we came to Jesus we came home.
Then Israel became God's dwelling place, the holy place where He lives. Paul talks of us being temples of the Holy Spirit. Israel also became His dominion. We become the place where God's rule exists and then extends from us to the world around us. This was the way things were meant to be with Israel. She was meant to be an example to the nations around her.
Then see what happened. The Jordan fled and turned back. This is a reference to Israel entering the promised land through the Jordan. The presence of the Lord opens up a way for us. Nature itself obeys the Lord. This was demonstrated most vividly when Jesus commanded the waves to be still.
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