Psalms 114

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

At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country,

2 Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

the land of Judah became the Lord's sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;

The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated.

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

Mountains jumped in fright like rams, hills startled like lambs.

5 What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

Red Sea—why did you run away? Jordan River—why did you retreat?

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

Mountains—why did you jump in fright? Hills—why did you startle like lambs?

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

Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob!

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

He is the one who turned the rock into a pool of water; making water flow from the hard rock.