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.

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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 …

The people shall hear. Again, in this place, I have not hesitated to change the tenses. It is clear that Moses is speaking of future event…

And the people shall hear, and be afraid What follows from hence to the end of the song is plainly prophetic, a predictio…

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…