Psalms 114

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, and the house of Iaakob from the barbarous people,

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

2 Iudah was his sanctification, and Israel his dominion.

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

3 The Sea sawe it and fled: Iorden was turned backe.

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

4 The mountaines leaped like rams, and the hils as lambes.

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

5 What ailed thee, O Sea, that thou fleddest? O Iorden, why wast thou turned backe?

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

6 Ye mountaines, why leaped ye like rams, and ye hils as lambes?

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

7 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Iaakob,

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

8 Which turneth the rocke into waterpooles, and the flint into a fountaine of water.

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