Psalms 114

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

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

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

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

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

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

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

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

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

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

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

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

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

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

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

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.