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The Message Bible MSG
1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
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After Israel left Egypt, the clan of Jacob left those barbarians behind;
2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
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Judah became holy land for him, Israel the place of holy rule.
3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.
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Sea took one look and ran the other way; River Jordan turned around and ran off.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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The mountains turned playful and skipped like rams, the hills frolicked like spring lambs.
5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
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What's wrong with you, Sea, that you ran away? and you, River Jordan, that you turned and ran off?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
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And mountains, why did you skip like rams? and you, hills, frolic like spring lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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Tremble, Earth! You're in the Lord's presence! in the presence of Jacob's God.
8 who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.
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He turned the rock into a pool of cool water, turned flint into fresh spring water.
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