The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.
Those who held their peace while deliverance was working must not hold it when the work is done. Singing psalms is the language of holy joy as prayer is of holy desire. Strike while the mercy is fresh; when the heart is most affected, praise returns quickest to God, before time and our own deceitfulness dull the impression.
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Commenting on Exodus 15:1-21
The depths have covered them,.... The depths of the sea covered Pharaoh and his host, so as to be seen no more; and in like manner will mystical Babylon, or antichrist, be destroyed, and be no more found and seen; as likewise the sins of God's people, being cast into the depths of the sea, and covered with the blood of Christ, will be seen...
The theme strikes at once: Jehovah's superiority displayed by hurling Pharaoh's proud horses and riders into the sea. Jah, the covenant name concentrated, the God who rules history with absolute freedom, became the people's strength and song, their salvation and their boast. What He promised the fathers He performed before their eyes.
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Commenting on Exodus 15:1-5