1When Israel left Egypt,
the house of Jacob from a people who spoke a foreign language,

2Judah became his holy place,
Israel his kingdom.

3The sea looked and fled;
the Jordan turned back.

4The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills skipped like lambs.

5Why did you flee, sea?
Jordan, why did you turn back?

6Mountains, why did you skip like rams?
You little hills, why did you skip like lambs?

7Tremble, earth, before the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob.

8He turned the rock into a pool of water,
the hard rock into a spring of water.