Psalms 114:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; ”

Psalms 114:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When 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 mig...
Psalms 114:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of (a) strange language; (a) Or, barbarous.
Psalms 114:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIV. The marvels on the way from Egypt to Zion, the future sanctuary of Yahweh, and to Canaan as Israel's possession. A Passover hymn.
Psalms 114:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

When Israel. Compare Exodus 13:3 . Egypt. Not Babylon. The Psalm not post-exilic. Jacob. See notes on Genesis 32:28 ; Genesis 43:6 ; Genesis 46:27 ; Genesis 46:28 .
Psalms 114:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 When Israel went out from Egypt That exodus being a remarkable pledge and symbol of God’s love for the children of Abraham, it is not surprising that it should be so frequently called to r...
Psalms 114:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; A people of strange language - This may mean no more than a barbarous people; a people whom they did not know, and...
Psalms 114:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

An exhortation, by the example of the dumb creatures, to fear God in his church. BISHOP PATRICK supposes, that as the foregoing psalm recites some instances of divine providence to particular peo...
Psalms 114:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Psalms 114:1-8 .-Yahweh owned Israel as His after her departure from Egypt, by driving back the Red Sea an...
Psalms 114:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Strange language ] i.e. unintelligible speech—foreign.
Psalms 114:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When Israel went out. — LXX., in “ the Exodus of Israel.” A people of strange language. — LXX., rightly, “a barbarous people.” Since the Hebrew word, like the Greek, implies a certain scorn or...
Psalms 114:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 114:1-8 It is possible that in this psalm Israel, restored from Babylon, is looking back to the earlier Exodus, and shrilling with the great thought that that old past lives again in the pr...
Psalms 114:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Mighty God Uplifteth the Lowly Psalms 113:1-9 ; Psalms 114:1-8 We detect the song of Samuel's mother in the first of these psalms. She sang the Old Testament “Magnificat” and it was embalm...
Psalms 114:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the second psalm in the Hallel. The first set forth the might and mercy of Jehovah. This is pre-eminently a song of His might, and so the name of God is used. If however it sings of His might...
Psalms 114:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This psalm is descriptive of the going forth of Israel from Egypt; but as this was a transaction typical of the church being led forth by the great Captain of their salvation from the Egypt...
Psalms 114:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When Israel went out of Egypt ,.... The people of Israel in a body, publicly, openly, and not by stealth; freely and willingly, not forced and drove out; though urged by the Egyptians to go, through...
Psalms 114:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Ver. 1. When Israel went out of Egypt ] E medio gentis, id est, ex visceribus Aegyptiorum, qui eos quasi deglu...
Psalms 114:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When Israel went out of Egypt That is, were brought out by mighty signs and wonders wrought by the power of God; from a people of a strange language From a barbarous people, as some render it: th...
Psalms 114:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Deliverance of Israel Celebrated. 1 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange lang...
Psalms 114:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 114 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is a solemn commemoration of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt; and probably it was to be sung, amongst others, at the celebration of the passover. The psalmist, r...
Psalms 114:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Date and Authorship unknown; ascribed to the three Hebrew children, Esther and Mordscai. BONDAGE AND DELIVERANCE ( Psalms 114:1 ) I. The bondage was degrading . “Israel,” “Egypt...
Psalms 114:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 114:1-19 . When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven...
Psalms 114:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is another hallelujah psalm, praising the Lord for deliverance from Egypt for calling the Hebrews to holiness for dividing the sea, and driving Jordan back for making the mountains skip like lam...
Psalms 114:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

When Israel went out of Egypt. The workings of the Eternal will God has a will. He doeth all things after the “counsel of His own will.” The universe is but His will in form and action. It is t...
Psalms 114:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM of reminiscence, designed to encourage the exiles on their return from Babylon, during their "day of small things" ( Zechariah 4:10 ; comp. Ezra 3:12 ). If God had done so...
Psalms 114:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When Israel, God's chosen people, who had accepted the true God as their King, went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob, which had entered Egypt as a family and left it as a nation, from a people of...
Psalms 114:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 16:1 ; Deuteronomy 26:8 ; Exodus 12:41 ; Exodus 12:42 ; Exodus 13:3 ; Exodus 20:2 ; Genesis 42:23 ; Isaiah 11:16 ; Psalms 81:5

Psalms 114:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 114:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 114:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 114:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 114:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 114:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 114:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 114:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 114:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 114:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge