Psalms 114

1 In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people,

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 The sea has seen, and flees, The Jordan turns backward.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 What is [ailing] you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, you turn back!

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 O mountains, you skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!