Psalms 114

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,

When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

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

The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

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

The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

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

What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

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

You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

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

Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

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

Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.