8Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
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The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. …
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-15)It has been the usual practice of God’s people, when they have been in distress and ready to fall into despair, to help themselves by recollecting their experiences, and reviving them, considering the days of old , and the years of ancient times (Ps. 77:5), and pleading with God in prayer, as he is pleased sometimes to plead them with himself. Isa. 63:11; Then he remembered the days of old . This…
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