Psalms 114

1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Als Israel aus Ägypten zog, / Jakobs Haus aus fremdem Volk:

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Da ward Juda sein Heiligtum, / Israel sein Herrschaftsgebiet.

3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

Das Meer sah es und floh, / Der Jordan wandte sich rückwärts.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

Die Berge hüpften wie Widder, / Die Hügel wie junge Schafe.

5 What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?

Was war dir, o Meer, daß du flohest, / Dir, Jordan, daß du dich rückwärts wandtest?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?

Was war euch, ihr Berge, daß ihr hüpftet wie Widder, / Ihr Hügel, wie junge Schafe?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Vor dem Herrn erbebe, du Erde, / Vor dem Antlitz des Gottes Jakobs!

8 who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Er wandelte Felsen in Wasserteich, / Kieselstein in sprudelnde Quellen.