Psalm 114
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
Note: There is also a Long Metre and a Hallelujah Metre version on this page.
1 When Isr'el out of Egypt went,
And did his dwelling change,
When Jacob's house went out from those
That were of language strange,
2 He Judah did his holy place,
His kingdom Isr'el make:
The sea beheld, and quickly fled,
And Jordan hastened back.
3 Like rams the mountains, and like lambs
The hills skipped to and fro.
O sea, why fledd'st thou? Jordan, back
Why wast thou driven so?
4 Ye mountains great, why was it so
That ye did skip like rams?
And wherefore was it, little hill,
That ye did leap like lambs?
5 O at the presence of the Lord,
Earth, tremble thou for fear,
Because the presence of the God
Of Jacob doth appear:
6 Who in the desert from the rock
Did standing water bring;
And by his power turned the flint
Into a water-spring.
1 When Israel had from Egypt gone,
Jacob from men of speech unknown,
Then Judah was his holy place,
And his dominion Israel's race.
2 The sea, affrighted, saw and fled;
Back Jordan driven was with dread;
The lofty mountains skipped like rams,
And all the little hills like lambs.
3 What ailed thee that thou fled'st, O sea?
Thou, Jordan, that thou back didst flee.
Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams?
And all ye little hills like lambs?
4 Earth, tremble for the Lord is near,
Before the God of Jacob fear;
Who from the rock did water bring,
And made the flint a water-spring.
(Hallelujah Metre: 6666 4444)
1 When Israel again
Was out of Egypt brought,
And Jacob's house from men
Whose language they knew not,
Then Judah was his holy place,
And his dominion Israel's race.
2 His face the sea discerned,
In haste away it fled;
The Jordan backward turned,
Its waters were afraid;
Behold! the mountains skipped like rams,
And all the little hills like lambs.
3 What ailed thee, O thou sea,
That thou fledd'st at the sight?
Thou, Jordan! what ailed thee,
That thou didst turn in flight?
Ye mountains that ye skipped like rams ?
And you, ye little hills, like lambs?
4 Let all the earth abroad
Before Jehovah fear;
And tremble when the God
Of Israel draws near;
Who from the rock did water bring,
Who made the flinty rock a spring.
