¹When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

¹Da Israel drog ut av Egypten, Jakobs hus fra et folk med fremmed tungemål,

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

²da blev Juda hans* helligdom, Israel hans rike. / {* Herrens.}

³The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

³Havet så det og flydde, Jordan vendte om og løp tilbake.

⁴The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

⁴Fjellene hoppet som værer, haugene som unge lam.

⁵What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

⁵Hvad har hendt dig, du hav, at du flyr, du Jordan, at du vender om og løper tilbake,

⁶Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

⁶I fjell, at I hopper som værer, I hauger som unge lam?

⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁷For Herrens åsyn bev, du jord, for Jakobs Guds åsyn,

⁸Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

⁸han som gjør klippen til en vannrik sjø, den hårde sten til en vannkilde!