Exodus 15:16

“Fear and dread shall fall upon them etc.] On the several nations and people before mentioned, especially the Canaanites, which the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem interpret of the fear of death, lest the Israelites should fall upon them and destroy them, or God should fight for them, against them, and bring ruin and destruction on them: by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; awed by the power of God, visible in what he had done for the Israelites, and upon their enemies; they should be like stocks and stones, immovable, have no power to act, nor stir a foot in their own defence, and against Israel, come to invade and possess their land; nor in the least molest…”

“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 expression which evidently points to him as the author. That it was written at the time is an assertion expressly made in the text, and it is supported by the strongest internal evidence. In every age this song gave the tone to the poetry of Israel; especially at great critical epochs of deliverance: and in the book of Revelation Exodus 15:3 it is associated with the final triumph of the Church. The division of the song into three parts is distinctly marked: Exodus 15:1-5; Exodus 15:6-10; Exodus…”

“dread: Deu 2:25, Deu 11:25; Jos 2:9 still: Exo 11:7; Sa1 2:9, Sa1 25:37 which thou: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Deu 32:6, Deu 32:9; Sa2 7:23; Psa 74:2; Isa 43:1-3, Isa 51:10; Jer 31:11; Act 20:28; Tit 2:14; Pe1 2:9; Pe2 2:1 Exodus 15:17”