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Psalm 114

Psa. 114:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wheni Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
went out
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
, the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
from a people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
of strange language
la`az (Hebrew #3937)
to speak in a foreign tongue
KJV usage: strange language.
Pronounce: law-az'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ex. 12:41• 41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. (Ex. 12:41)
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Psa. 81:5• 5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. (Psa. 81:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-8:  The miracles wrought by God, when he brought his people out of Egypt, are a just ground of fearing him.
(Title.)This short, and apparently imperfect Psalm, for elegance and sublimity, yields to few in the whole book.
The composition of it is inexpressibly beautiful, and in the highest style of poetry.Israel.
Ex. 12:41‑42• 41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
 42It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. (Ex. 12:41‑42)
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Ex. 13:3• 3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. (Ex. 13:3)
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Ex. 20:2• 2I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 20:2)
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Deut. 16:1• 1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Deut. 16:1)
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Deut. 26:8• 8And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: (Deut. 26:8)
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Isa. 11:16• 16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. (Isa. 11:16)
a people.
Psa. 81:5• 5This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. (Psa. 81:5)
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Gen. 42:23• 23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. (Gen. 42:23)
• Book 5, Series 2. Ten tribes restored. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• This psalm takes us back again to the time when Israel (particularly the ten tribes) will be delivered and brought to their homeland (Mt. 24:31). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• It recounts Israel’s ancient deliverance from Egypt and journey to the land of Canaan as a foreshadow of their future deliverance. This historic journey is often correlated in the Prophets with the future journey of the tribes of Israel back to their promised land (Isa. 11:15-16, 51:9-11, Jer. 16:14-15, Ezk. 20:34-36, etc.). There is a definite analogy between the two journeys. (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)
• (vv. 1-2) The introductory verses look back to the commencement of Israel’s history as separated from the nations. They celebrate the deliverance of God’s people from Egypt, as well as the purpose for which they were redeemed. (“Psalms 114” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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