Psalms 114

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

Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

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

Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

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

The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

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

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

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

What [ailed] thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

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

[Ye] mountains, that ye skipped like rams, and [ye] hills, like lambs?

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

The earth trembled 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 pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.