The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Psalms 114

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Ketuvim — the Writings

Psalms chapter 114 — part of the Ketuvim — the Writings in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;” — the complete text of all 8 verses is below, free to read online.

1When Israel came 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 turned backward.

4The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.

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

6Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?

7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the L-rd, at the presence of the G-d of Jacob;

8Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

8 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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