Misinterpretations often portray the Egyptians as benevolently joyful and supportive of Israel's exit, overlooking the dominant 'fear' that fell upon them due to God's devastating judgments, thus softening the verse into a feel-good narrative rather than one of divine retribution and protection. Another error twists it into a prosperity gospel claim that believers today should expect enemies to gladly hand over wealth without resistance, ignoring the historical context of miraculous deliverance amid terror and applying it ahistorically to personal gain.
Psalms 105:38
King James Version (1769)
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
Psalm 105 recounts God's faithful acts toward Israel from the patriarchs through the Exodus, and verse 38 highlights the Egyptians' relief tinged with fear upon the Israelites' departure after the plagues, illustrating the core truth that God empowers and protects His covenant people so powerfully that their oppressors are struck with dread, ensuring safe deliverance and demonstrating divine sovereignty in fulfilling promises of blessing and multiplication to Abraham's descendants.