Psalm 114

1. When Israel escaped from Egypt’s reach, / And Jacob’s house from people of strange speech, / The earth in terror trembled. / God’s sanctuary Judah then became / And Israel His dominion, in the Name / Of Him, their LORD, assembled. /

2. The waves rolled back, the sea fled at the sight, / The Jordan turned its waters back in fright; / Dread came on all creation. / The mountains shook and skipped like frightened / rams; / The hills were tottering and hid like lambs / In fear and consternation. /

3. Why so afraid, why do you run, O sea? / And Jordan, why do you turn back and flee / At Israel’s vindication? / Why, mountains, do you skip like frightened / rams? / Why, hills, are you upset like shivering lambs / In fear and desolation? W. van der Kamp, 1961