Corpus Psalterium · Vol. V
Psalm CXIV (114)
Cantillated — Refrain Exodus Praise
Paul Whitehorn
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Psalm 114 in Hebrew and English, and the words as they are sung.
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign language,
בְּצֵ֣את יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם בֵּ֥ית יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב מֵעַ֥ם לֹעֵֽז׃
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
הָיְתָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֣ה לְקָדְשׁ֑וֹ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָֽיו׃
The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back.
הַיָּ֣ם רָ֭אָה וַיָּנֹ֑ס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן יִסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃
The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
הֶֽ֭הָרִים רָקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃
What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?
מַה־לְּךָ֣ הַ֭יָּם כִּ֣י תָנ֑וּס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן תִּסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃
You mountains, that you skipped like rams? You little hills, like lambs?
הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃
Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב׃
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: World English Bible (public domain). Verse numbers follow the English Bible; the Hebrew numbering is shown beneath where it differs.
When Israel came out of Egypt
the house of Jacob
out from a people
of a strange tongue
Judah became
His holy place
Israel
His own domain
The sea saw it
and ran away
The Jordan turned
and rolled back
The mountains skipped
like rams
The hills
like little lambs
What is it, sea
that you run away
Jordan
that you turn back
Mountains
that you skip like rams
Hills
like little lambs
Tremble, O earth
before the Lord
Tremble
before the God of Jacob
What is it, sea
that you run away
Jordan
that you turn back
Mountains
that you skip like rams
Hills
like little lambs
He turns the rock
into a pool of water
the flint stone
into a flowing spring
Tremble, O earth
before the Lord
Tremble
before the God of Jacob
What is it, sea
What is it, sea
Tremble, O earth
before the God of Jacob
Tremble, O earth
before the God of Jacob
Lyrics by Paul Whitehorn: a singable English rendering of the Hebrew, as sung on this recording.
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