Psalms 114

1 Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

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

2 Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.

Da ward Juda sein Heiligtum, / Israel sein Herrschaftsgebiet.

3 The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.

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

4 The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.

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

5 What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

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

6 What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?

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

7 Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

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

8 He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.

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