When Israel departed from Egypt , the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue ,
Judah became (God’s) sanctuary , (and) Israel His dominion.
The sea observed and fled ; the Jordan turned back ;
the mountains skipped like rams , the hills like lambs ....
Why was it O sea , that you fled , O Jordan , that you turned back ,
O mountains , that you skipped like rams , O hills , like lambs ... ?
Tremble , O earth , at the presence of the Lord , at the presence of the God of Jacob ,
who turned the rock into a pool ... , the flint into a fountain of water !