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Psalms 114

8 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back .
The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back ;
The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.
the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
What aileth thee , O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back ?
Why was it , O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back ,
Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams ; Ye little hills, like lambs?
O mountains, that you skipped like rams , O hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Who turned the rock into a pool of water , The flint into a fountain of waters.
who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!

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