Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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(1.) An ancient song, the most ancient that we know of.
(2.) A most admirable composition, the style lofty and magnificent, the images lively and proper, and the whole very moving.
(3.) It is a holy song, consecrated to the honour of God, and intended to exalt his name and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man: holiness to the Lord is engraven in it, and to him they made melody in the singing of it.
(4.) It is a typical song. The triumphs of the gospel church, in the downfall of its enemies, are expressed in the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb put together, which are said to be sung upon a sea of glass, as this was upon the Red Sea, Re 15:2,3.
2. Let us observe what Moses chiefly aims at in this song.
He gives glory to God, and triumphs in him; this is first in his intention (Ex 15:1): I will sing unto the Lord. Note, All our joy must terminate in God, and all our praises be offered up to him, the Father of lights and Father of mercies, for he hath triumphed. Note, All that love God triumph in his triumphs; what is his honour should be our joy. Israel rejoiced in God,
[1.] As their own God, and therefore their strength, song, and salvation, Ex 15:2. Happy therefore the people whose God is the Lord; they need no more to make them happy. They have work to do, temptations to grapple with, and afflictions to bear, and are weak in themselves; but he strengthens them: his grace is their strength. They are often in sorrow, upon many accounts, but in him they have comfort, he is their song; sin, and death, and hell, threaten them, but he is, and will be, their salvation: See Isa 12:2.