New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
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When Israel came out of Egypt, the children of Jacob from a people whose language was strange to them;
2 Judah became God's sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
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Judah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.
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The sea saw it, and went in flight; Jordan was turned back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
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The mountains were jumping like goats, and the little hills like lambs.
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?
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What was wrong with you, O sea, that you went in flight? O Jordan, that you were turned back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs?
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You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;
8 who turns the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of water.
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Who made the rock into a water-spring, and the hard stone into a fountain.
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