< Psalms 114 >
1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;
When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,
2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:
3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.
The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back;
4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?
5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?
What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?
6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?
Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?
7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;
Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:
8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.