Psalms 114

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¹When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

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

⁵What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, thou 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.

Psalms 114

¹When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

²Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

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

⁵What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

⁸Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Psalms 114

¹When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

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

⁵What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

⁷Tremble, thou 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.

Understanding American Standard Version vs King James Version in Psalms 114

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