Psalm 114

The Wonders of the Exodus

114¹ When the Israelites escaped from Egypt- when the family of Jacob left that foreign land- ² the land of Judah became God's sanctuary, and Israel became his kingdom. ³ The Red Sea saw them coming and hurried out of their way! The water of the Jordan River turned away. ⁴ The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs! ⁵ What's wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way? What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away? ⁶ Why, mountains, did you skip like rams? Why, hills, like lambs? ⁷ Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob. ⁸ He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.