Then sang Moses — Moses composed this song, and sang it with the children of Israel. Doubtless he wrote it by inspiration, and sang it on the spot. By this instance it appears that the singing of psalms, as an act of religious worship, was used in the church of Christ before the giving of the ceremo... [ Continue Reading ]
Israel rejoiceth in God, as their strength, song, and salvation — Happy therefore the people whole God is the Lord: They are weak themselves, but he strengthens them, his grace is their strength: they are oft in sorrow, but in him they have comfort, he is their song: sin and death threaten them, but... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is a man of war — Able to deal with all those that strive with their maker.... [ Continue Reading ]
He hath cast — With great force, as an arrow out of a bow, so the Hebrew word signifies.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the greatness of thine excellency — By thy great and excellent power.... [ Continue Reading ]
With the blast of thy nostrils — By thine anger: The depths were congealed — Stood still, as if they had been frozen: In the heart of the sea — The midst of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
My lust — My desire both of revenge and gain.... [ Continue Reading ]
The gods — So called: Idols, or Princes: Glorious in holiness — In justice, mercy and truth: Fearful in praises — To be praised with reverence.... [ Continue Reading ]
The earth swallowed them — Their dead bodies sunk into the sands on which they were thrown, which sucked them in.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the People — Out of the bondage of Egypt, and out of the perils of the Red — sea. Thou hast guided them to thy holy habitation — Thou hast put them into the way to it, and wilt in due time bring them to the end of that way.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt bring them in — If he thus bring them out of Egypt, he will bring them into Canaan; for has he begun, and will he not make an end? Thou wilt plant them in the place which thou hast made for thee to dwell in — It is good dwelling where God dwells, in his church on earth, and in his church... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever — They had now seen an end of Pharaoh's reign, but time itself shall not put a period to Jehovah's reign, which like himself is eternal.... [ Continue Reading ]
Miriam (or Mary, it is the same name) presided in an assembly of the women, who (according to the common usage of those times) with timbrels and dances, sung this song. Moses led the psalm, and gave it out for the men, and then Miriam for the women. Famous victories were wont to be applauded by the... [ Continue Reading ]
And Miriam answered them — The men: They sung by turns, or in parts.... [ Continue Reading ]
The name of it was called Marah — That is, Bitterness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he cried unto the Lord — It is the greatest relief of the cares of magistrates and ministers, when those under their charge make them uneasy, that they may have recourse to God by prayer; he is the guide of the church's guides, and to the chief shepherd, the under shepherds must on all occasions... [ Continue Reading ]