KJV ORIGINAL
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Israel left Egypt, when Jacob's descendants came away from a people who spoke a foreign language;
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is celebrating the moment when God's people were freed from slavery in Egypt and left behind a foreign culture and language.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm refers to the Exodus, when Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt around 1450 BC. The Egyptians spoke a completely different language than Hebrew, making communication difficult and emphasizing how foreign and oppressive their experience was. This event became the foundational story of God's deliverance for the Jewish people.
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