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Psalms 114:1 World English Bible (WEB)

1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of foreign language;

Cross Reference

Exodus 13:3 WEB

Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.

Psalms 81:5 WEB

He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.

Genesis 42:23 WEB

They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

Exodus 12:41-42 WEB

It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

Exodus 20:2 WEB

"I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 16:1 WEB

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.

Deuteronomy 26:8 WEB

and Yahweh brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders;

Isaiah 11:16 WEB

There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, who shall remain, from Assyria; like as there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Commentary on Psalms 114 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 114

Ps 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute.

1-4. of strange language—(compare Ps 81:5).

4. skipped … rams—(Ps 29:6), describes the waving of mountain forests, poetically representing the motion of the mountains. The poetical description of the effect of God's presence on the sea and Jordan alludes to the history (Ex 14:21; Jos 3:14-17). Judah is put as a parallel to Israel, because of the destined, as well as real, prominence of that tribe.

5-8. The questions place the implied answers in a more striking form.

7. at the presence of—literally, "from before," as if affrighted by the wonderful display of God's power. Well may such a God be trusted, and great should be His praise.