Psalms 114

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

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

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

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

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

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

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

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

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

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

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

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

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

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!