Psalm 114

Psalm 114

1. 1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt— 1 when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—

2. the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary, 2 and Israel became his kingdom.

3. The Red Sea[a] saw them coming and hurried out of their way! 3 The water of the Jordan River turned away.

4. The mountains skipped like rams, 4 the hills like lambs!

5. What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? 5 What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?

6. Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? 6 Why, hills, like lambs?

7. Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, 7 at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8. He turned the rock into a pool of water; 8 yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.

Footnotes:
a. 114:3: Hebrew the sea; also in 114:5.