Psalms 114

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

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

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

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

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

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

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

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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

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

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

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

7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in 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 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, the flint into a fountain of water!