Psalms 114:1
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
In Context
2Judea made his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
Cross References
Exodus 12:41Which being expired, the same day all the army of the Lord went forth out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said to the people: Remember this day in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought you forth out of this place: that you eat no leavened bread.
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.
Psalms 81:5For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
Isaiah 11:16And there shall be a highway for the remnant of my people, which shall be left from the Assyrians: 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 →