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…

You shall bring them in. The metaphor of planting denotes a firm habitation, as also in Psalm 44:2, You did drive out the heathen with…

You shall bring them in
Into the land of Canaan, which is often ascribed to the Lord, as well as his bringing them o…

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…