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

¹Halleluja! Da Israel drog fra Ægypten, Jakobs Hus fra det stammende Folk,

²Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

²da blev Juda hans Helligdom, Israel blev hans Rige.

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

³Havet så det og flyede, Jordan trak sig tilbage,

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

⁴Bjergene sprang som Vædre, Højene hopped som Lam.

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

⁵Hvad fejler du, Hav, at du flyr, Jordan, hvi går du tilbage,

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

⁶hvi springer I Bjerge som Vædre, hvi hopper I Høje som Lam?

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

⁷Skælv, Jord, for HERRENs Åsyn, for Jakobs Guds Åsyn,

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

⁸han, som gør Klipper til Vanddrag, til Kildevæld hården Flint!