Psalms 114

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

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

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

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

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

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

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

What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?

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

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?

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

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

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

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