Psalm

114* When Israel went forth from Egypt,+

The house of Jacob from a people speaking unintelligibly,+

 2 Judah became his holy place,+

Israel his grand dominion.+

 3 The sea itself saw and took to flight;+

As for the Jordan, it began to turn back.+

 4 The mountains themselves skipped about like rams,+

The hills like lambs.*

 5 What was the matter with you, O sea, that you took to flight,+

O Jordan, that you began to turn back?+

 6 O mountains, that YOU went skipping about like rams;+

O hills, like lambs?+

 7 Because of the Lord* be in severe pains, O earth,+

Because of the God* of Jacob,

 8 Who is changing the rock into a reedy pool of water,+

A flinty rock into a spring of water.+