1 W hen Israel went forth from 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 became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion.

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

3 T he sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back.

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

4 T he mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs.

The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

5 W hat ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

7 T remble, O earth, before the Lord, Before 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 pool of water, The flint into a fountain of water.

Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.