Psalms 114

1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

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

2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

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

3 The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward.

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

4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.

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

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?

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

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?

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

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

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

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

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