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Psalms 114:1
1God led Israel's people out of Egypt. Jacob's descendants left that foreign land.
Psalms 114:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- New International Version (NIV)When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Israel went out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
Context of Psalms 114:1
God led Israel's people out of Egypt. Jacob's descendants left that foreign land. 2Then Judah became God's special place for his people. There he ruled over Israel's people. 3The sea looked and ran away! Then the Jordan River turned back!
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בְּצֵ֣את יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם בֵּ֥ית יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב מֵעַ֥ם לֹעֵֽז׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 114:1
- Exodus 12:41It was on the last day of the 430 years that all the Lord's people left Egypt. They left in family groups, like an army.
- Exodus 13:3Moses said to the people, ‘Remember this day, the day when you came out of Egypt. You left the place where you were slaves. The Lord brought you out with his powerful authority. Remember! Do not eat anything that has yeast in it on this day.
- Exodus 20:2‘I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt, the country where you were slaves.
- Deuteronomy 16:1The month Abib is a special month for you. In this month, you must eat a meal to remember the Passover. Remember what the Lord your God did for you. In that month, he brought you out of Egypt during the night.
- Deuteronomy 26:8So the Lord used his great strength and power to bring us out of Egypt. He did powerful miracles which caused the Egyptians to be afraid.
- Isaiah 11:16There will be a good road that comes from Assyria. The Lord's people who remain will travel back home on it. It will be like the road that Israel's people travelled on when they left Egypt.
- Psalms 81:5When God punished the land of Egypt, he gave this rule to Joseph's family. I heard a voice that I did not know.
- Genesis 42:34But then you must bring your youngest brother here to me. If you do that, I will know that you are really honest men. I will know that you are not our enemies. Then I will give your brother back to you. You will be able to stay in Egypt and you can buy and sell things here.” ’
Commentaries on Psalms 114:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1A people of strange language - This may mean no more than a barbarous people; a people whom they did not know, and who did not worship their God. But it is a fact that the language of the Egyptians in the time of Joseph was so different from that of the Hebrews that they could not understand each other. See Psalm 81:5; Genesis 42:23. The Chaldee has here ברבראי מעמי meammey barbarey, which gives reason to believe that the word is Chaldee, or more properly…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1When Israel went out of Egypt - literally, “In the going out of Israel from Egypt.” This is not to be confined to the exact act of the exodus, but embraces all that properly entered into that migration - the whole train of events which resuited in their being brought into the promised land. The house of Jacob - The family of Jacob - a name appropriately used here, since it was the family of Jacob that had gone down into Egypt, and that had increased to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1An exhortation to fear God. --Let us acknowledge God's power and goodness in what he did for Israel, applying it to that much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Christ; and encourage ourselves and others to trust in God in the greatest straits. When Christ comes for the salvation of his people , he redeems them from the power of sin and Satan, separates them from an ungodly world, forms them to be his people, and becomes their King. There is no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2At the time of Israel’s exodus from Egypt and their entrance into the promised land, Israel was one holy kingdom (Exodus 19:5–6). The mention of Judah and Israel as separate lands shows the psalm was written after the kingdom was divided (1 Kings 12:16–17; compare 1 Samuel 11:8; 1 Kings 1:35), and probably after the exile. Judah became God's sanctuary because the people worshiped God there. His tabernacle, and later his temple, were located there.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 114
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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