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114 When Israel went out of Egypt,
    the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
Judah became his sanctuary,
    Israel his dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled.
    The Jordan was driven back.
The mountains skipped like rams,
    the little hills like lambs.
What was it, you sea, that you fled?
    You Jordan, that you turned back?
You mountains, that you skipped like rams;
    you little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool of water,
    the flint into a spring of waters.

Deliverance of Israel from Egypt

114 When Israel came out of Egypt—
    the household of Jacob from a people of foreign speech—
Judah became his sanctuary
    and Israel his place of dominion.

The sea saw this[a] and fled,
    the Jordan River[b] ran backwards,
the mountains skipped like rams,
    and the hills like lambs.

What happened to you, sea, that you fled?
    Jordan, that you ran backwards?
Mountains, that you skipped like rams?
    And you hills, that you skipped[c] like lambs?

Tremble then, earth, at the presence of the Lord,
    at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turned the rock into a pool of water,
    the flinty rock into flowing springs.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 114:3 The Heb. lacks this
  2. Psalm 114:3 The Heb. lacks River
  3. Psalm 114:6 The Heb. lacks that you skipped