Psalm 114

1 Als Israel aus Ägypten zog, das Haus Jakobs aus dem unverständlich redenden Volke,

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

2 da ward Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel sein Herrschaftsbereich.

Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

3 Das Meer sah ihn und floh, der Jordan wandte sich zurück.

The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

4 Die Berge hüpften wie Widder, die Hügel wie Lämmer.

The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

5 Was ist dir, o Meer, daß du fliehst, du Jordan, daß du dich zurückwendest?

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

6 Ihr Berge, daß ihr wie Widder hüpft, ihr Hügel wie Lämmer?

You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

7 Vor dem Angesichte des Herrn erbebe, du Erde, vor dem Angesichte des Gottes Jakobs,

Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

8 der den Felsen in einen Wasserteich verwandelt, den Kieselstein in einen Wasserquell.

Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.