Psalms 114

1 When the Israeli [people] left Egypt, when they who were descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign/different language,

Halleluja! Als Israel aus Ägypten auszog, Jakobs Haus aus dem Volk fremder Sprache,

2 [the land of] Judah became the place where people worshiped God; and Israel became the land (OR, the [Israeli people] became the people) that he ruled over.

da ward Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel sein Herrschaftsgebiet.

3 [When they came to] the [Red] Sea, [it was as though the water] saw [them] and ran away! When they came to the Jordan [River], that [water in the] river stopped flowing [so that the Israelis could cross it].

Das Meer sah es und floh, der Jordan wandte sich rückwärts,

4 [When they came to Sinai Mountain and there was a big earthquake], [it was as though] the mountains skipped/jumped like goats do and the hills jumped around like lambs do.

die Berge hüpften wie Widder, die Hügel gleichwie Lämmer.

5 [If someone asks], “What happened at the [Red] Sea that caused the water to run away? What happened that caused [the water in] the Jordan [River] to stop flowing?

Was war dir, o Meer, daß du flohest, dir, Jordan, daß du dich rückwärts wandtest?

6 What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?”

(Was war euch) ihr Berge, daß ihr hüpftet wie Widder, ihr Hügel gleichwie Lämmer?

7 [I would reply that] it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! [Everyone/Everything on] the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom (Jacob [worshiped]/the Israeli people [worship])!

Vor dem Anblick des Herrn erbebe, du Erde, vor dem Anblick des Gottes Jakobs,

8 He is the one who caused pools of water [for the Israeli people to drink to flow] from a rock; he caused a spring [to flow] from a solid rock cliff!

der Felsen wandelt zum Wasserteich, Kieselgestein zum sprudelnden Quell!