¹When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign 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 was it, you sea, that you fled? You Jordan, that you turned back?

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

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

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

⁷Tremble, you 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 spring of waters.

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