1 W hen Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign 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 saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.

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

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

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

5 W hat was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

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

6 Y ou mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

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

7 T remble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, 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 pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.

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