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

Bible Comments

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, rehearsing God's delivering the Israelites out of Egypt, exhorteth all creatures to praise him. Which was a great aggravation of their captivity and misery. Compare Jeremiah 5:15.

Psalms 114:1

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