Sòm 114

1 Lè Israël te sòti an Égypte, lakay Jacob soti de yon pèp lang etranje,

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Juda te vin sanktiyè Li a, Israël, wayòm Li.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 Lanmè a te gade e te sove ale. Jourdain an te vire fè bak.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 Mòn yo te sote tankou belye, kolin yo tankou ti mouton.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 Sa k pase ou menm, O lanmè, ke ou te sove ale konsa? O Jourdain an, ke Ou te vire fè bak konsa?

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 O mòn yo, ke ou sote tankou belye konsa? O kolin yo, tankou ti mouton konsa?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 Pran tranble, O latè, devan SENYÈ a, Devan Bondye a Jacob la,

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

8 Ki te fè wòch la devni yon ma dlo, wòch silèks la yon sous k ap koule.

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!