Psalms 114

1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,

At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country,

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:

the land of Judah became the Lord's sanctuary, Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back;

The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated.

4 The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?

Mountains jumped in fright like rams, hills startled like lambs.

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

Red Sea—why did you run away? Jordan River—why did you retreat?

6 Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Mountains—why did you jump in fright? Hills—why did you startle like lambs?

7 Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:

Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, tremble in the presence of the God of Jacob!

8 Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.

He is the one who turned the rock into a pool of water; making water flow from the hard rock.