Psalms 114:1
When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
Noyes 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 was his sanctuary, And Israel his dominion.
Cross References
Psalms 81:5He appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.
Isaiah 11:16And it shall be a highway for the remnant of the people, Which shall remain, from Assyria, As there was to Israel, When he 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 →