¹Þegar Ísrael fór út af Egyptalandi, Jakobs ætt frá þjóðinni, er mælti á erlenda tungu,

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

²varð Júda helgidómur hans, Ísrael ríki hans.

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

³Hafið sá það og flýði, Jórdan hörfaði undan.

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

⁴Fjöllin hoppuðu sem hrútar, hæðirnar sem lömb.

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

⁵Hvað er þér, haf, er þú flýr, Jórdan, er þú hörfar undan,

⁵What was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

⁶þér fjöll, er þér hoppið sem hrútar, þér hæðir sem lömb?

⁶You mountains, that you skipped like rams; you little hills, like lambs?

⁷Titra þú, jörð, fyrir augliti Drottins, fyrir augliti Jakobs Guðs,hans sem gjörir klettinn að vatnstjörn, tinnusteininn að vatnslind.

⁷Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

⁸hans sem gjörir klettinn að vatnstjörn, tinnusteininn að vatnslind.

⁸who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.