1_When Israel went out from Egypt _That exodus being a remarkable pledge and symbol of God’s love for the children of Abraham, it is not surprising that it should be so frequently called to remembrance. In the beginning of the psalm, the prophet informs us that the people whom God purchased at so gr... [ Continue Reading ]
3_The sea saw, and fled _He does not enumerate in succession all the miracles which were wrought at that time, but briefly alludes to the sea, which, though a lifeless and senseless element, is yet struck with terror at the power of God. Jordan did the same, and the very mountains shook. It is in a... [ Continue Reading ]
5_What ailed thee, O sea! _The prophet interrogates the sea, Jordan, and the mountains, in a familiar and poetical strain, as lately he ascribed to them a sense and reverence for God’s power. And, by these similitudes, he very sharply reproves the insensibility of those persons, who do not employ th... [ Continue Reading ]
7_At the presence of the Lord _Having aroused the senses of men by interrogations, he now furnishes a reply, which many understand to be a personification of the earth; because they take י, _yod, _to be the affix of the verb חולי _, chuli; _and they represent the earth as saying, It is my duty to tr... [ Continue Reading ]