1 When Israel left Egypt,

the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

2 Judah became his holy place,

Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea looked and fled;

the Jordan turned back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams,

the hills skipped like lambs.

5 Why did you flee, sea?

Jordan, why did you turn back?

6 Mountains, why did you skip like rams?

You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

7 Tremble, earth, before the Lord,

at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8 He turned the rock into a pool of water,

the hard rock into a spring of water.