Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
This psalm holds before us the exodus, that deliverance by which God proved His power and grace in a way no age should forget. The whole design was that Abraham's seed might yield themselves wholly to God, becoming His holy and peculiar people, set apart for His service alone.
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Commenting on Psalm 114:1-8
The poet is so full of thought about the Lord that he forgets to name Him, pouring out "His" as if the thought itself were too much to contain. The whole people at the exodus were separated unto the Lord to be a peculiar nation of priests; Judah led the way, and all Israel was governed by theocracy, God alone was King.
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Israel went out with honor, not stealing away but marching forth from those who spoke a strange tongue. God brought them out to serve Him in holiness and righteousness; He set His sanctuary among them and made Himself their lawgiver and judge, establishing a theocracy where the Lord alone was King.
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Commenting on Psalm 114:1-8