Psalms 114

1 Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

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

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 What [ailed] you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were turned back?

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 [You] mountains, that you skipped like rams, and [you] hills, like lambs?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!