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Psalms 114:1
1When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)When the Israelites escaped from Egypt— when the family of Jacob left that foreign land—
Context of Psalms 114:1
When Israel came out of Egypt, Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, 2Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3The sea looked and fled, the Jordan 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 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.
- Exodus 13:3Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Deuteronomy 26:8So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders.
- Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from Egypt.
- Psalms 81:5When God went out against Egypt, he established it as a statute for Joseph. I heard an unknown voice say:
- Genesis 42:34But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’ ”
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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