1 I srael came out of Egypt. The house of Jacob came from a people who spoke a strange language.

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

2 T hen Judah became His holy place, and Israel became the place of His rule.

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

3 T he sea looked and ran away. The Jordan turned back.

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

4 T he mountains jumped like sheep, the hills like lambs.

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

5 W hy did you try to get away, O sea? Why did you turn back, O Jordan?

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

6 O mountains, why did you jump like sheep? O hills, why did you jump like lambs?

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

7 S hake in fear before the Lord, O earth, before the God of Jacob.

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

8 H e changed the rock into a pool of water. He made water flow out of hard rock.

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