1 When Israel came out of Egypt,

Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became God’s sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled,

the Jordan turned back;

4 the mountains leaped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

6 Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,

you hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool,

the hard rock into springs of water.

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, And the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; And ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob; 8 Which turned the rock into a standing water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—

when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—

2 the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,

and Israel became his kingdom.

3 The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way!

The water of the Jordan River turned away.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs!

5 What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?

What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

6 Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?

Why, hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 He turned the rock into a pool of water;

yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.

1 When Israel went out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became His sanctuary,

And Israel His dominion.

3 The sea saw it and fled;

Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

The little hills like lambs.

5 What ails you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O little hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O 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.

1 When the Israelites went out of Egypt,

the people of Jacob left that foreign country.

2 Then Judah became God’s holy place;

Israel became the land he ruled.

3 The Red Sea looked and ran away;

the Jordan River turned back.

4 The mountains danced like sheep

and the hills like little lambs.

5 Sea, why did you run away?

Jordan, why did you turn back?

6 Mountains, why did you dance like sheep?

Hills, why did you dance like little lambs?

7 Earth, shake with fear before the Lord,

before the God of Jacob.

8 He turned a rock into a pool of water,

a hard rock into a spring of water.

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.

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back; 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye 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.

1 When Israel left Egypt, 

when Jacob’s family left people who spoke a foreign language, 

2 Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom. 

3 The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. 

The Jordan River turned back. 

4 The mountains jumped like rams. 

The hills jumped like lambs. 

5 Red Sea, why did you run away? 

Jordan River, what made you turn back? 

6 Mountains, what made you jump like rams? 

Hills, what made you jump like lambs? 

7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, 

in the presence of the God of Jacob. 

8 He turns a rock into a pool filled with water 

and turns flint into a spring flowing with water. 

1 When Israel came out of Egypt—

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language —

2 Judah became His sanctuary,

Israel, His dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.

5 Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?

6 Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, 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 spring of water.

1 When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became God’s sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turns the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water.

1 When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of a strange language,

2 Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

5 What’s with you, O sea, that you fled?

O Jordan, that you turned back?

6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7 At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 who turned the rock into a pool of water,

flinty stone into a spring of water.

1 The people of Israel came out of Egypt.

The people of Jacob left a land where a different language was spoken.

2 Then Judah became the holy place where God lived.

Israel became the land he ruled over.

3 The Red Sea saw him and parted.

The Jordan River stopped flowing.

4 The mountains leaped like rams.

The hills skipped like lambs.

5 Red Sea, why did you part?

Jordan River, why did you stop flowing?

6 Why did you mountains leap like rams?

Why did you hills skip like lambs?

7 Earth, tremble with fear when the Lord comes.

Tremble when the God of Jacob is near.

8 He turned the rock into a pool.

He turned the hard rock into springs of water.

1 When Israel went forth from Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 Judah became His sanctuary,

Israel, His dominion.

3 The sea looked and fled;

The Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

The hills, like lambs.

5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord,

Before the God of Jacob,

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of water.