| 1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, | 1When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, |
| 2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom. | 2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom. |
| 3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back. | 3The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back. |
| 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. | 4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. |
| 5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? | 5Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? |
| 6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? | 6Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? |
| 7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord--before the God of Jacob, | 7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord--before the God of Jacob, |
| 8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water! | 8who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water! |
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