Psalmorum 114

1 Alleluia. In exitu Israel de Ægypto, domus Iacob de populo barbaro:

When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

2 Facta est Iudæa sanctificatio eius, Israel potestas eius.

Judah became his holy place, Israel his kingdom.

3 Mare vidit, et fugit: Iordanis conversus est retrorsum.

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

4 Montes exultaverunt ut arietes: et colles sicut agni ovium.

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

5 Quid est tibi mare quod fugisti: et tu Iordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?

Why did you flee, sea? Jordan, why did you turn back?

6 Montes exultastis sicut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium?

Mountains, why did you skip like rams? You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

7 A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Iacob.

Tremble, earth, before the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 Qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.

He turned the rock into a pool of water, the hard rock into a spring of water.