Psalms 114

1 When Israel [God prevails] went out of Egypt [Abode of slavery], the house of Jacob [Supplanter] from a people of foreign language;

Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

2 Judah [Praised] became his sanctuary, Israel [God prevails] his dominion.

Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.

3 The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan [Descender] was driven back.

The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.

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

The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.

5 What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan [Descender], that you turned back?

What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

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

What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?

7 Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob [Supplanter],

Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

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

He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.