Psalmorum 114

1 Alleluia. In exitu Israel de Ægypto, domus Iacob de populo barbaro:

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

2 Facta est Iudæa sanctificatio eius, Israel potestas eius.

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

3 Mare vidit, et fugit: Iordanis conversus est retrorsum.

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

4 Montes exultaverunt 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 Iordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?

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

6 Montes exultastis 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 Iacob.

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.