Psalms 114

1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—

when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—

2 the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,

and Israel became his kingdom.

3 The Red Sea*114:3 Hebrew the sea; also in 114:5. saw them coming and hurried out of their way!

The water of the Jordan River turned away.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills like lambs!

5 What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?

What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

6 Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?

Why, hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 He turned the rock into a pool of water;

yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.