Salmi 114

1 QUANDO Israele uscì di Egitto, [E] la casa di Giacobbe d'infra il popolo barbaro;

When the Israeli [people] left Egypt, when they who were descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign/different language,

2 Giuda fu consacrato al Signore, Israele [divenne] suo dominio.

[the land of] Judah became the place where people worshiped God; and Israel became the land (OR, the [Israeli people] became the people) that he ruled over.

3 Il mare [lo] vide, e fuggì; Il Giordano si rivolse a ritroso.

[When they came to] the [Red] Sea, [it was as though the water] saw [them] and ran away! When they came to the Jordan [River], that [water in the] river stopped flowing [so that the Israelis could cross it].

4 I monti saltarono come montoni, I colli come agnelli.

[When they came to Sinai Mountain and there was a big earthquake], [it was as though] the mountains skipped/jumped like goats do and the hills jumped around like lambs do.

5 Che avesti, o mare, che tu fuggisti? [E tu], Giordano, che ti rivolgesti a ritroso?

[If someone asks], “What happened at the [Red] Sea that caused the water to run away? What happened that caused [the water in] the Jordan [River] to stop flowing?

6 [E voi], monti, [che] saltaste come montoni; [E voi], colli, come agnelli?

What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?”

7 Trema, o terra, per la presenza del Signore; Per la presenza dell'Iddio di Giacobbe;

[I would reply that] it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! [Everyone/Everything on] the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom (Jacob [worshiped]/the Israeli people [worship])!

8 Il quale mutò la roccia in guazzo d'acqua, Il macigno in fonte d'acqua.

He is the one who caused pools of water [for the Israeli people to drink to flow] from a rock; he caused a spring [to flow] from a solid rock cliff!