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Psalm 114

1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

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

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

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

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, thou 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 fountain of waters.

Psalm 114

1 When Israel left Egypt,
when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,

2 Judah became his sanctuary,
Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan River turned back.

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

5 Why do you flee, O sea?
Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?

6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,
like lambs, O hills?

7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –
before the God of Jacob,

8 who turned a rock into a pool of water,
a hard rock into springs of water!