Psalms 114:1
Alleluia. I have loved: therefore, the Lord will heed the voice of my prayer.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
In Context
2For he has inclined his ear to me. And in my days, I will call upon him.
Cross References
Exodus 12:41Having been completed, on the same day all the army of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people: “Remember this day, on which you were taken away from Egypt and from the house of servitude. For with a strong hand the Lord has led you away from this place. Thus, you shall eat no leavened bread.
Deuteronomy 16:1“Observe the month of new grain, at the beginning of springtime, so that you may accomplish the Passover to the Lord your God. For in this month, the Lord your God led you away from Egypt in the night.
Psalms 81:5They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.
Isaiah 11:16And there will be a way for the remnant of my people, who will be left behind by the Assyrians: just as there was for Israel in the day that he ascended from 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 →