1 When the Israelites escaped from Egypt—
      when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
 2 the land of Judah became God’s sanctuary,
      and Israel became his kingdom.

 3 The Red Seaa]">[a] saw them coming and hurried out of their way!
      The water of the Jordan River turned away.
 4 The mountains skipped like rams,
      the hills like lambs!
 5 What’s wrong, Red Sea, that made you hurry out of their way?
      What happened, Jordan River, that you turned away?
 6 Why, mountains, did you skip like rams?
      Why, hills, like lambs?

 7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
      at the presence of the God of Jacob.
 8 He turned the rock into a pool of water;
      yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.