Salmenes 114

1 Da Israel drog ut av Egypten, Jakobs hus fra et folk med fremmed tungemål,

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

2 da blev Juda hans helligdom, Israel hans rike.

[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 Havet så det og flydde, Jordan vendte om og løp tilbake.

[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 Fjellene hoppet som værer, haugene som unge lam.

[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 Hvad har hendt dig, du hav, at du flyr, du Jordan, at du vender om og løper tilbake,

[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 I fjell, at I hopper som værer, I hauger som unge lam?

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

7 For Herrens åsyn bev, du jord, for Jakobs Guds åsyn,

[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 han som gjør klippen til en vannrik sjø, den hårde sten til en vannkilde!

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!