He turned the sea into dry land; They went through the river on foot: There did we rejoice in him.
He turned the sea into dry land. It was no slight miracle to divide a pathway through such a sea, and to make it fit for the traffic of a whole nation. He who did this can do anything, and must be God, the worthy object of adoration.
He turned the sea into dry land,.... The Red sea, or sea of Zuph, as the Targum; by causing a strong east wind to blow, which made it dry, so that the children of Israel passed through it on dry ground, Exo 14:21.
This call to all lands shows God's worth, declares man's duty to praise Him by creation's law, and foretells the conversion of the Gentiles. We must praise with zeal and openness, hearty and public, not the noise of hypocrites but the joyful noise of those unashamed of their Master.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 66:1-7