Psalmorum 114

1 Alleluja. [In exitu Israël de Ægypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

2 facta est Judæa sanctificatio ejus; Israël potestas ejus.

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

3 Mare vidit, et fugit; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

4 Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

5 Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti? et tu, Jordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

6 montes, exsultastis sicut arietes? et colles, sicut agni ovium?

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

7 A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Jacob:

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

8 qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.