1When Israel came forth out of Egypt,

The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

2Judah became His sanctuary,

Israel His dominion.

3The sea saw it, and fled;

The Jordan turned backward.

4The mountains skipped like rams,

The hills like young sheep.

5What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest?

Thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?

6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams;

Ye hills, like young sheep?

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

At the presence of the God of Jacob;

8Who turned the rock into a pool of water,

The flint into a fountain of waters.