< Psalms 114 >
1 In the going out of Israel from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a strange people,
Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.
3 The sea has seen, and flees, The Jordan turns backward.
The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.
4 The mountains have skipped as rams, Heights as sons of a flock.
The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.
5 What is [ailing] you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, you turn back!
What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?
6 O mountains, you skip as rams! O heights, as sons of a flock!
What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?
7 From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,
Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.
8 He is turning the rock to a pool of waters, The flint to a fountain of waters!
He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.