Psaumes 114

1 Quand Israël sortit d’Égypte, quand la maison de Jacob s’éloigna d’un peuple barbare,

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

2 Juda devint son sanctuaire, Israël son domaine.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 La mer le vit et s’enfuit, le Jourdain retourna en arrière;

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

4 les montagnes bondirent comme des béliers, les collines comme des agneaux.

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

5 Qu’as-tu, mer, pour t’enfuir? Jourdain, pour retourner en arrière?

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

6 Qu’avez-vous, montagnes, pour bondir comme des béliers, et vous, collines, comme des agneaux?

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

7 Tremble, ô terre, devant la face du Seigneur, devant la face du Dieu de Jacob,

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

8 qui change le rocher en étang, le roc en source d’eaux.

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