Psalms 114

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

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 dominion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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