Psalms 114:1
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
In Context
2Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Cross References
Exodus 12:41And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the armies of LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand LORD brought you out from this place. There shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to LORD thy God, for in the month of Abib LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
Psalms 81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony when he went out over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
Isaiah 11:16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria, like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:1
The deliverance of Israel out of Egypt gave birth to their church and nation, which were then founded, then formed; that work of wonder ought therefore to be had in everlasting remembrance. God gloried in it, in the preface to the ten commandments, and Hos. xi. 1 , "Out of Egypt have I called my son." In this psalm it is celebrated in lively strains of praise; it was fitly therefore made a part of the great Hallelujah, or song of praise, which the Jews were wont to sing at the close of the passover-supper. It must… Read the whole commentary →