Psalms 114:1

Psalm 114

114:1 When Israel left Egypt,

when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind,


sn Psalm 114. The psalmist recalls the events of the exodus and conquest and celebrates God’s kingship over his covenant people.

tn Heb “the house of Jacob from a nation speaking a foreign language.” The Hebrew verb לָעַז (laat, “to speak a foreign language”) occurs only here in the OT.