Psalm 114

1 Als Israel Ägypten und Jakobs Haus das fremde Volk verließ,

At the time of the exodus of Israel from Egypt, when the descendants of Jacob left that foreign country,

2 da ward Juda sein Heiligtum und Israel sein Reich.

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

3 Dies sah das Meer und floh; der Jordan ging zurück.

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

4 Die Berge hüpften gleich den Widdern, die Hügel wie die Lämmer. -

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

5 Was ist dir, Meer? Du fliehst. Was, Jordan, dir? Du gehst zurück.

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

6 Euch Bergen, daß ihr gleich den Widdern, euch Hügeln, daß ihr gleich den Lämmern hüpfet; -

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

7 Erbebe, Erde, vor dem Herrn, vor Jakobs Gott,

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

8 der Fels in See und Kies in Quellgrund wandelt!

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