Psalms 114:2
Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
In Context
1Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.
3The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
Cross References
Exodus 15:17Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in thy prepared habitation, which thou, O Lord, hast prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which thine hands have made ready.
Exodus 19:6And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
Exodus 29:45And I will be + 29:45 Or, named.called upon among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
Deuteronomy 7:6For thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God; and the Lord thy God chose thee to be to him a peculiar people beyond all nations that are upon the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 27:9And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people to the Lord thy God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 114:2-8
The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at… Read the whole commentary →