1 C uando salió Israel de Egipto, La casa de Jacob del pueblo extranjero,

Israel came out of Egypt. The house of Jacob came from a people who spoke a strange language.

2 J udá vino a ser su santuario, E Israel su señorío.

Then Judah became His holy place, and Israel became the place of His rule.

3 E l mar lo vio, y huyó; El Jordán se volvió atrás.

The sea looked and ran away. The Jordan turned back.

4 L os montes saltaron como carneros, Los collados como corderitos.

The mountains jumped like sheep, the hills like lambs.

5 ¿ Qué tuviste, oh mar, que huiste? ¿Y tú, oh Jordán, que te volviste atrás?

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

6 O h montes, ¿por qué saltasteis como carneros, Y vosotros, collados, como corderitos?

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

7 A la presencia de Jehová tiembla la tierra, A la presencia del Dios de Jacob,

Shake in fear before the Lord, O earth, before the God of Jacob.

8 E l cual cambió la peña en estanque de aguas, Y en fuente de aguas la roca.

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