Psalms 114 · Verse 2

Psalms 114:2

Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Psalms 114:2, King James Version

Psalms 114:2 in other translations

BSBJudah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
WEBJudah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
ASVJudah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
YLTJudah became His sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
DARBYJudah was his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.
BBEJudah became his holy place, and Israel his kingdom.
WebsterJudah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

What does Psalms 114:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 114:1-4

Psa 114:1-8. The writer briefly and beautifully celebrates God's former care of His people, to whose benefit nature was miraculously made to contribute. 1-4. of strange language--(compare Psa 81:5).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Judah was his sanctuary - He set up his true worship among the Jews, and took them for his peculiar people. And Israel his dominion - These words are a proof, were there none other, that this Psalm was composed after the days of David, and after the division of the tribes, for then the distinction of Israel and Judah took place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 114:2 in the original Hebrew

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הָיְתָ֣הha.ye.Tahit becameH1961
יְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לְקָדְשׁ֑וֹle.ka.de.Sho<into> sanctuary hisH6944
יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
מַמְשְׁלוֹתָֽיו\׃mam.she.lo.Tavdominion<s> hisH4475

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Cross references for Psalms 114:2

  • Exodus 25:8

    And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

  • Exodus 15:17

    Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

  • Psalms 78:68-69

    But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

  • Ezekiel 37:26-28

    Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

  • Exodus 19:5-6

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • Exodus 29:45-46

    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

  • Deuteronomy 27:9

    And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God.

  • Deuteronomy 23:14

    For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

  • Leviticus 11:45

    For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:16-17

    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

  • Revelation 21:3

    And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 6:7; 19:5,6; 25:8; 29:45,46; Le 11:45; De 23:14; 27:9,12
Eze 37:26-28; 2Co 6:16,17; Re 21:3

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Context

  • Psalms 114:1

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

  • Psalms 114:2

    Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.

  • Psalms 114:3

    The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.

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Psalms 114:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Judá fué su consagrada heredad, Israel su señorío.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Juda fut son sanctuaire, Israël la sphère de sa domination.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da war Juda sein Heiligtum, Israel seine Herrschaft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.