The Book of Psalms

Alleluia. At the departure of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:

Judea was made his sanctuary; Israel was made his power.

The sea looked, and it fled. The Jordan was turned back again.

The mountains exulted like rams, and the hills like lambs among the sheep.(a)

What happened to you, O sea, so that you fled, and to you, O Jordan, so that you were turned back again?

What happened to you, O mountains, so that you exulted like rams, and to you, O hills, so that you exulted like lambs among the sheep?

Before the face of the Lord, the earth was moved, before the face of the God of Jacob.

He converted the rock into pools of water, and the cliff into fountains of waters.

(a)113:4 The genitive case does not always translate as ‘of,’ nor does it always connotate possession. It can also translate as ‘among.’(Conte)

(b)113:10 The verb here is implied from the previous verse.(Conte)

Alleluja! Als Israel aus Ägypten auszog, Jakobs Geschlecht von fremdem Volke weg,

ward Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel seine Herrschaft.

Das Meer sah es und floh, der Jordan wich zurück.

Die Berge hüpften wie Widder und die Hügel wie junge Lämmer.

Was ist dir, Meer, dass du fliehest, und dir, Jordan, dass du zurückweichst?

Euch, ihr Berge, dass ihr hüpft wie Widder und ihr, Hügel, wie junge Lämmer?

Vor dem Antlitze des Herrn erbebte die Erde, vor dem Antlitze des Gottes Jakobs,

der den Felsen in Wasserseen verwandelt und die Steine in Wasserquellen.