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…

Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till t…

Fear and dread shall fall upon them. Some read this in the optative mood, but with little probability, as it seems to me; for Moses is not…

Fear and dread shall fall upon them &c.] On the several nations and people before mentioned, especially the Canaanites, w…

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…