Psalms 114

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

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

2 Judea made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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

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

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

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

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

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee: and thou, O Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

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

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and ye hills, like lambs of the flock?

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

7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, 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 pools of water, and the stony hill into fountains of waters.

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