1 When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
3 The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, And the hills like lambs.
5 What aileth thee, O thou sea! that thou fleest? Thou, Jordan, that thou runnest back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams, And ye hills like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth! at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Who turned the rock into a standing lake, And the flint into a fountain of water!