Exodus 15:2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-21

Exodus 15:0 The Aftermath of the Battle Between Yahweh and Pharaoh’s Army. As a result of Egypt’s defeat a song was composed. There is no good reason for denying that it was written at the time. Songs of a similar genre were found at Ugarit, where some of the ideas are also paralleled, although not with the same significance. Such were no doubt familiar to the patriarchal tribes as they moved around Canaan and in Aram. It may have been written by Moses (who wrote a song (see Deuteronomy 31:22)... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-21

Exodus 15:1-Ecclesiastes : . The Song of Triumph ( Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2-Job : ( psalm), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 f. E).— The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of Heb. song are short (p. 44). And Miriam’ s brief burst of unpremeditated song ( Exodus 15:21) ranks with the surest and greatest of these. “ Sing to Yahweh, for He rose in His might, horse and chariot (reading recheb) He flung into the sea.” Gressmann claims this song as confirming his volcanic theory of the crossing.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 15:2

My strength and song; the matter or subject of the present song of praise. An habitation; a place for his service and worship, where he will dwell by his special presence. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 15:1-22

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 15:1. This Song.]—In order fully to appreciate the exquisite beauties of this Song, several conditions must be observed; among them we may name the following:—(1.) The existence of parallelisms should be made evident to the eye:—(Exodus 15:6.)THY RIGHT HAND, Jehovah!THY RIGHT HAND, Jehovah!has become famous in vigour:dashes in pieces the foe.(2.) The vivid sequence of the two Hebrew tenses, the Perfect and the Imperfect, should be noticed:—(Exodus 15:5.)ROARING DEEPS... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-27

Chapter 15So Moses broke forth in song. Chapter fifteen is actually the song of Moses, of God's deliverance and victory.Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and they spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him a habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:1-27

Exodus 15:1. Then sang Moses. The Israelites sang in companies; and the one company often answered the other. See Bishop Lowth on the Hebrew Poetry. Also Psalms 68:25. Ecclesiastes 2:8. Ezra 2:65. Exodus 15:10. Thou didst blow with thy wind. Thou didst send thy spirit, the strong wind excited by the Almighty, as in Exodus 15:21. Exodus 15:12. The earth swallowed them. Alluding to the burial of the dead bodies driven on shore. Exodus 15:13. Holy habitation. Moses foresaw that a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 15:2

Exo 15:2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Ver. 2. I will prepare him a habitation. ] Or, I will adorn him i I will give him ornaments and trimmings. Such God accounts our poor praises. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 15:2

strength: Psalms 18:1, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 59:17, Psalms 62:6, Psalms 62:7, Psalms 118:14, Habakkuk 3:17-Psalms :, Philippians 4:13 song: Deuteronomy 10:21, Psalms 22:3, Psalms 109:1, Psalms 140:7, Revelation 15:3 my salvation: Exodus 14:13, 2 Samuel 22:51, Psalms 68:20, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 45:17, Isaiah 49:6, Jeremiah 3:23, Luke 1:77, Luke 2:30, John 4:22, Acts 4:12, Revelation 19:1 my God: Exodus 4:22, Genesis 17:7, Psalms 22:10, Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:38,... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 15:2

The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.Israel rejoiceth in God, as their strength, song, and salvation - Happy therefore the people whole God is the Lord: They are weak themselves, but he strengthens them, his grace is their strength: they are oft in sorrow, but in him they have comfort, he is their song: sin and death threaten them, but he is, and will be, their salvation. He is... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:2-5

2-5. First strain . JAH A poetic abbreviation of JAHVEH, restricted in use to the higher kinds of poetry, and found often in compound names, as Yirm’jah, (Jeremiah;) also in certain formulas, as Hallelu-jah, (Praise ye Jah . ) This is my God A gesture here directs the hearer heavenward . The God of my father Father is taken collectively, bringing up to view the patriarchs, the covenants made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob . It was as their God that Jehovah spoke to Moses from... read more

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