1 Da Israel drog ut av Egypten, Jakobs hus fra et folk med fremmed tungemål,

2 da blev Juda hans* helligdom, Israel hans rike. / {* Herrens.}

3 Havet så det og flydde, Jordan vendte om og løp tilbake.

4 Fjellene hoppet som værer, haugene som unge lam.

5 Hvad har hendt dig, du hav, at du flyr, du Jordan, at du vender om og løper tilbake,

6 I fjell, at I hopper som værer, I hauger som unge lam?

7 For Herrens åsyn bev, du jord, for Jakobs Guds åsyn,

8 han som gjør klippen til en vannrik sjø, den hårde sten til en vannkilde!

1 When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;

2 Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.

3 The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.

4 The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.

5 What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?

6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

8 Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.