1 Da Israel drog ut av Egypten, Jakobs hus fra et folk med fremmed tungemål, 2 da blev Juda hans {Herrens.} helligdom, Israel hans rike. 3 Havet så det og flydde, Jordan vendte om og løp tilbake. 4 Fjellene hoppet som værer, haugene som unge lam. 5 Hvad har hendt dig, du hav, at du flyr, du Jordan, at du vender om og løper tilbake, 6 I fjell, at I hopper som værer, I hauger som unge lam? 7 For Herrens åsyn bev, du jord, for Jakobs Guds åsyn, 8 han som gjør klippen til en vannrik sjø, den hårde sten til en vannkilde!

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

2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

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

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

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

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

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

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