< Psalms 114 >
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,
2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.
3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
The mountains skipped like rams, the hills skipped like lambs.
5 What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back?
Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?
6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams; and you little hills, like lambs?
Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?
7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Tremble, earth, before the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.