Psalms 114

1 When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.

Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

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

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

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

5 Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?

What aileth thee, O thou sea! that thou fleest? Thou, Jordan, that thou runnest back?

6 Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, And ye hills like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, before 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 He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.

Who turned the rock into a standing lake, And the flint into a fountain of water!