1 ¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,

2 J udah was his holiness, and Israel his dominion.

Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

3 T he sea saw it and fled; Jordan was driven back.

The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;

4 T he mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like lambs.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 W hat came upon thee, O thou sea, that thou didst flee? And thou O Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?

6 Y e mountains, why didst ye skip like rams and ye little hills, like lambs?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?

7 A t the presence of the Lord, the earth trembles, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob,

8 w ho turned the rock into a reservoir of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.