Psalms 114

1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from among a people of strange tongue,

When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his realm:

God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.

3 The sea, beheld, and fled, The Jordan, turned back;

The sea saw it, and fled, Jordan river ran backwards.

4 The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?

Mountains skipped like rams, hills like the young of the flock.

5 What aileth thee, O sea, that thou fleest? O Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Why, sea, do you flee? Jordan, why run backwards?

6 Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Mountains, why skip ram-like? Why, hills, like the young of the flock?

7 Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:

Earth, tremble before the Lord, at the presence of Jacob’s God,

8 Who turneth The Rock into a pool of water, The Flint into springs of water.

who turns rocks into pools of water, and flint into fountains of water.