Psalms 114:1
When Israel went out of Egypt, Jacob’s house from a barbarous people,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
In Context
2God chose Judah for himself, Israel became his kingdom.
Cross References
Psalms 81:5a witness he set up in Joseph, when he marched against Egypt’s land, where he heard an unknown voice say:
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 →