< Psalms 114 >
1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
The mountains skipped like rams, And the hills like lambs.
5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you 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; you little hills, like lambs?
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, And ye hills like lambs?
7 Tremble, you earth, 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 a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
Who turned the rock into a standing lake, And the flint into a fountain of water!