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Psalm 114:1–8

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A Passover Song

114*When the people of Israel left Egypt,

when Jacob’s descendants left that foreign land,

2Judah became the Lord’s holy people,

Israel became his own possession.

3*The Red Sea looked and ran away;

the River Jordan stopped flowing.

4The mountains skipped like goats;

the hills jumped about like lambs.

5What happened, Sea, to make you run away?

And you, O Jordan, why did you stop flowing?

6You mountains, why did you skip like goats?

You hills, why did you jump about like lambs?

7Tremble, earth, at the Lord’s coming,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8*who changes rocks into pools of water

and solid cliffs into flowing springs.

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Cross references

  1. *114.1: Ex 12:51
  2. *114.3 a: Ex 14:21 114.3 b: Js 3:16
  3. *114.8: Ex 17:1–17; Nu 20:2–13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When Israel went out from Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

Jordan turned back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

What ails you, O sea, that you flee?

O Jordan, that you turn back?

O mountains, that you skip like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

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

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

who turns the rock into a pool of water,

the flint into a spring of water.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When Israel came out of Egypt,

Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

Judah became God’s sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled,

the Jordan turned back;

the mountains leaped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Why, Jordan, did you turn back?

Why, mountains, did you leap like rams,

you hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into a pool,

the hard rock into springs of water.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When Israel came out of Egypt—

the house of Jacob from a people

who spoke a foreign language—

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel, his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills, like lambs.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?

Jordan, that you turned back?

Mountains, that you skipped like rams?

Hills, like lambs?

Tremble, earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into a pool,

the flint into a spring.

NLTNew Living Translation

When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—

when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—

the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,

and Israel became his kingdom.

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

The water of the Jordan River turned away.

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs!

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

What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?

Why, hills, like lambs?

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

at the presence of the God of Jacob.

He turned the rock into a pool of water;

yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When Israel went out from Egypt,

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

Judah became his sanctuary,

Israel his dominion.

The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs.

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

O Jordan, that you turned back?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams?

O hills, like lambs?

At the presence of the Lord writhe, O earth,

at the presence of the God of Jacob,

who turned the rock into a pool of water,

flinty stone into a spring of water.

KJV 1900King James Version

When Israel went out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

Judah was his sanctuary,

And Israel his dominion.

The sea saw it, and fled:

Jordan was driven back.

The mountains skipped like rams,

And the little hills like lambs.

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?

Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams;

And ye little hills, like lambs?

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

At the presence of the God of Jacob;

Which turned the rock into a standing water,

The flint into a fountain of waters.