Psalms 114
The psalm describes the miraculous events that occurred when Israel left Egypt, including the parting of the sea and the Jordan River, and the trembling of the mountains and hills. The earth shook before the Lord, and the psalm asks rhetorical questions about the cause of these natural wonders. The Lord's power is demonstrated by the transformation of rocks into pools of water and cliffs into fountains. This display of divine power is attributed to the God of Jacob.
1Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people2Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power3The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again4The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep5What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again6What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep7Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob8He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters
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