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

The second stanza, or strophe, expands the subject matter of the first. It begins, like the first, with some general expressions setting forth the …

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriou…

The enemy said. He relates the boast of Pharaoh not merely in exultation over him, but to magnify the miracle by which God gives over this…

The enemy said
That is, Pharaoh, who repented that he has let Israel go; an emblem of Satan, who when the people of …

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…