1. WHEN ISRAEL came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
2. Judah became [God's] sanctuary (the Holy Place of His habitation), and Israel His dominion. [Exod. 29:45, 46; Deut. 27:9.]
3. The [Red] Sea looked and fled; the Jordan [River] was turned back. [Exod. 14:21; Josh. 3:13, 16; Ps. 77:16.]
4. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
5. What ails you, O [Red] Sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back?