Psalms 114:1
When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Majority Standard Bible
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 God’s sanctuary, Israel His dominion.
Cross References
Exodus 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Psalms 81:5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up 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 →