Psalm 114:1
“When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;”
KJV
Read in Psalm 114Meaning
The verse establishes the exodus setting and the movement from bondage toward a distinct covenant life. It remembers an ancient liberation rather than creating hostility toward later peoples.
Read carefully
It refers to an ancient historical setting and does not authorize inherited ethnic guilt.
Reflection
Remember deliverance without converting historical pain into inherited hatred of another people.