Psalms 114

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

When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

2 God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

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

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

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

What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

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

You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

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

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

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

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.