Psalm 114

1 Als Israel aus Ägypten zog, das Haus Jakob aus dem Volke fremder Sprache,

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

2 Da war Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel seine Herrschaft.

[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.

3 Das Meer sah es und floh, der Jordan wandte sich zurück;

[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].

4 Die Berge hüpften wie Widder, die Hügel wie junge Schafe.

[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.

5 Was war dir, du Meer, daß du flohest? Du Jordan, daß du dich zurückwandtest?

[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?

6 Ihr Berge, daß ihr hüpftet wie Widder? ihr Hügel, wie junge Schafe?

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

7 Erbebe vor dem Herrn, du Erde, vor dem Gott [Eloah] Jakobs,

[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])!

8 Der den Felsen verwandelte in einen Wasserteich, den Kieselfelsen in einen Wasserquell!

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!