1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.

1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,2 Judah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.3 The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.5 What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob,8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.