Salmi 114

1 Quando Israele uscì dall'Egitto, la casa di Giacobbe da un popolo barbaro, Alleluia.

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,

2 Giuda divenne il suo santuario, Israele il suo dominio.

Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 Il mare vide e si ritrasse, il Giordano si volse indietro,

The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

4 i monti saltellarono come arieti, le colline come agnelli di un gregge.

The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.

5 Che hai tu, mare, per fuggire, e tu, Giordano, perché torni indietro?

What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

6 Perché voi monti saltellate come arieti e voi colline come agnelli di un gregge?

You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?

7 Trema, o terra, davanti al Signore, davanti al Dio di Giacobbe,

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

8 che muta la rupe in un lago, la roccia in sorgenti d'acqua.

who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.