With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnifice…

The concluding stanza of the ode involves a change of attitude and deals with new matters. The poet’s eye fixes itself upon the future.

First…

Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out …

Thou in thy mercy hast led them forth.¹⁶⁴ The verb in Hebrew is indeed in the past tense; but, since it is plain from the conte…

You in your mercy has led forth the people which you has
redeemed
From their servitud…

This song is the most ancient we know. It is a holy song, in honor of God, to exalt His name and celebrate His praise, and His alone, not in the le…