GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's family left people who spoke a foreign language,
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When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2 Judah became his holy place and Israel became his kingdom.
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Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion.
3 The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back.
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The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back.
4 The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs.
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The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
5 Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back?
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What ails you, O sea, that you fled? O Jordan, that you turned back?
6 Mountains, what made you jump like rams? Hills, what made you jump like lambs?
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O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs?
7 Earth, tremble in the presence of the Lord, in the presence of the God of Jacob.
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Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
8 He turns a rock into a pool filled with water and turns flint into a spring flowing with water.
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Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.