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