< Psalms 114 >

1 When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;
4 the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
5 Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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