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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

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.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 15:2. _THE LORD_ IS _MY STRENGTH AND SONG_] How judiciously are the members of this sentence arranged! He who has God for his _strength_, will have him for his _song_; and he to whom Jeh...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an expr...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. THE SONG OF REDEMPTION CHAPTER 15:1-21 _ 1. Jehovah acknowledged and praised (Exodus 15:1)_ 2. The victory celebrated as His victory (Exodus 15:3) 3. His holiness praised (Exodus 15:11) 4. His

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF TRIUMPH (Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2 ( PSALM), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 F. E). The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of H

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD. Hebrew JAH, the Eternal, inhabiting eternity. See App-4. The first occurance of this Title: connects it with Redemption. SONG. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Targum of Onkelos,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _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._ This holds throughout, as the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse an...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ The Lord is my strength and song, х_ `AAZ...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:2 song (c-4) Properly 'song of praise.' Jah, (d-6) Jah may be a short form of Jehovah; but it seems to express His _ absolute_ rather than His _ continuous_ existence. See Psalms 68:4 . glorify (e-...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF MOSES On the further shore of the Red Sea the Israelites celebrate their deliverance in a magnificent hymn of praise. It consists of three strophes or stanzas of increasing length, viz. Ex...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    I WILL PREPARE HIM AN HABITATION] RV 'praise him.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 15 MOSES AND MIRIAM SING A SONG – VERSES 1-18 V1 Then Moses and the...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND SONG. — Heb., _My strength and song is Jah._ The contracted form of Jehovah, Jah, is here used for the first time; but its existence in the current speech has already been...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    עָזִּ֤י וְ זִמְרָת֙ יָ֔הּ וַֽ יְהִי ־לִ֖י

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES' SONG OF PRAISE TO JEHOVAH Exodus 15:1 This sublime ode falls into three divisions. _We learn, first, what God is: strength_ in the day of battle; _song_ in victory; _salvation_ always. He is t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It was a great and glorious song thatrose on the morning air on the far side of the sea. A study of it will reveal it to be a song of the King. It was a high ecstatic moment of national consciousness....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will (b) prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. (b) To worship him in it....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Praise. The printed Hebrew is here irregular, but some manuscripts agree with the Vulgate, Chaldean, and Arabic. (Kennicott, i. p. 400.) --- To him my praise is due on all titles. (Haydock) --- God....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The praise here riseth to a note still higher. In the former, Moses adores God for his salvation. But here for the covenant relations into which the Lord hath condescended to bring himself: Reader! do...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._The Lord is my strength. _In this expression they acknowledge that they have a sufficient defense in God; and afterwards they add, that His grace furnishes them with just ground for praise. The sum...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Hereupon we enter the desert. They sing (chap. 15) the song of triumph. God has led them by His power to His holy habitation. But they are on this journey, not in Canaan. He will lead them into the pl...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND SONG,..... The strength of Moses and the children of Israel against the fears of the Egyptians, and of entrance into the Red sea; who inspired them with courage, and streng...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 habitatio...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Israel_ rejoiceth in God, as their _strength, song, and salvation_ Happy, therefore, the people whose God is the Lord: they are weak in themselves, but he strengthens them; his grace is _their streng...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweetneth them. 27 At Elim are twelue wels, and seuentie palme trees. 1 THEN sang [NOTE: Genesis 1:20.] Moses a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SONG OF TRIUMPH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord is my Strength and Song, the great might of Jehovah, or Jah, as the poet here abbreviates the name, is the inspiration of his song, AND HE IS BECOME MY SALVATION; to those that are His, He ha...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    B. THE SONG OF TRIUMPH Exo 15:1-21 1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and said: I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted; The horse and his rider hath he...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF SALVATION (vs.1-19) This is the first song found in scripture, and a most fitting response to the greatness of God's victory in delivering His people. It is an expression of joy in the Lo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-21 This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This chapter opens with Israel's magnificent song of triumph on the shore of the Red Sea, when they had seen "that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians." They had seen God's salvation, and...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 15:2 LORD H3050 strength H5797 song H2176 salvation H3444 He H2088 God H410 praise H5115 (H8686) fathers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Exodus 15 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 o...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 15:1. _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 gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Exodus 15:1. 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 gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The song of the redeemed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Miriam. CONCLUSION: Those who love God triumph in His triumphs and what is His honor is their joy. Our first thought should be to give glo...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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;...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:1 The song of praise is a celebration of the Lord’s triumph over Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea. It is similar to other songs or psalms in both the OT and NT that celebrate par...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:2 MY FATHER’S GOD echoes the Lord’s words to Moses at the burning bush (“the God of your father”; Exodus 3:6)....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 exist...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE SONG OF MOSES. Full of gratitude, joy, and happiness—burning with a desire to vent in devotional utterance of the most fitting kind, his intense and almost ecstatic feelings, Moses, who...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So 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, sayin...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    strength Psalms 18:1 Psalms 18:2 Psalms 27:1 Psalms 28:8 Psalms 59:17...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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...

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