< Psalms 114 >
1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back.
The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs.
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?
What ails thee, O thou sea, that thou flee? Thou Jordan, that thou turn back?
6 Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs?
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, ye little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of 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.
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.