1When Israel departed from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
1In the going forth of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people speaking strangely,
2Judah became God’s sanctuary,
Israel His dominion.
2Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
3The sea observed and fled;
the Jordan turned back;
3The sea saw Him and fled; the Jordan turned to the back.
4the mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.
4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like sons of the flock.
5Why was it, O sea, that you fled,
O Jordan, that you turned back,
5What was it to you, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,
6O mountains, that you skipped like rams,
O hills, like lambs?
6O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like sons of the flock?
7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
7Tremble before the face of the Lord, O earth, before the face of the God of Jacob—
8who turned the rock into a pool,
the flint into a fountain of water!
8turning the rock into a pool of waters, the flint into a spring of waters!