< Psalm 114 >
1 Als Israel aus Ägypten zog, das Haus Jakob aus dem Volke fremder Sprache,
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;
2 da war Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel seine Herrschaft.
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
3 Das Meer sah es und floh, der Jordan wandte sich zurück;
The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
4 die Berge hüpften wie Widder, die Hügel wie junge Schafe.
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5 Was war dir, du Meer, daß du flohest? Du Jordan, daß du dich zurückwandtest?
What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
6 Ihr Berge, daß ihr hüpftet wie Widder? ihr Hügel, wie junge Schafe?
You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?
7 Erbebe vor dem Herrn, du Erde, vor dem Gott Jakobs,
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 Der den Felsen verwandelte in einen Wasserteich, den Kieselfelsen in einen Wasserquell!
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.