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 out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

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

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

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

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

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

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

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

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

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

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

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

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

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

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.