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Psalm 114:1–8

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1When aIsrael went out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob bfrom a people of strange language;

2Judah was chis sanctuary,

And Israel dhis dominion.

3eThe sea saw it, and fled:

fJordan was driven back.

4gThe mountains skipped like rams,

And the hlittle hills like lambs.

5iWhat ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?

Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6gYe mountains, that ye skipped like rams;

And ye hlittle hills, like lambs?

7kTremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,

At the presence of the God of Jacob;

8Which turned lthe rock into ma standing water,

The nflint into a fountain of waters.

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Footnotes

  1. bSee Ps. 81:5.
  2. cComp. Ex. 6:7. & 19:6. & 25:8. & 29:45, 46. Deut. 27:9. Ps. 68:35.
  3. dComp. Num. 23:21.
  4. eSee Ps. 77:16.
  5. gver. 6. Ps. 29:6. So Ps. 68:16. Hab. 3:6.
  6. hSee Ps. 72:3.
  7. iver. 3. Comp. Hab. 3:8.
  8. gver. 6. Ps. 29:6. So Ps. 68:16. Hab. 3:6.
  9. hSee Ps. 72:3.
  10. kPs. 96:9 (Heb.).
  11. lEx. 17:6. Comp. Num. 20:11. Ps. 78:15.
  12. mSee Ps. 107:35.
  13. nSee Job 28:9 marg.

Cross references

  1. aEx. 13:3.
  2. fJosh. 3:13, 16.

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.