Psalms 114

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

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

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

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

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

4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like young sheep.

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

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

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

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye little hills, like young sheep?

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

7 Tremble, thou earth, 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 Which turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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