1WHEN ISRAEL came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2Judah became [God's] sanctuary (the Holy Place of His habitation), and Israel His dominion.
3The [Red] Sea looked and fled; the Jordan [River] was turned back.
4The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5What ails you, O [Red] Sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
6You mountains, that you skip like rams, and you little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.