Psalms 114

1 Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people,

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

2 Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion.

Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

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

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

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

5 What [ailed] you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were 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, and [you] hills, like lambs?

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

7 The earth trembled 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 pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water.

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