Psalms 114

1 Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.

3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs.

The mountains skipped like rams, And the hills like lambs.

5 What [ailed] you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were turned back?

What aileth thee, O thou sea! that thou fleest? Thou, Jordan, that thou runnest back?

6 [You] mountains, that you skipped like rams, and [you] hills, like lambs?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, And ye hills like lambs?

7 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Tremble, O earth! at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob;

8 who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.

Who turned the rock into a standing lake, And the flint into a fountain of water!