The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
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Gill's Exposition
The waters saw thee, O God,.... The waters not of Jordan, but of the Red sea; these felt and perceived the power of God, in causing a strong east wind, which dried it up, and made way for the children…
Barnes' Notes
The waters saw thee ... - The waters of the Red Sea and the Jordan. There is great sublimity in this expression; in representing the waters as conscious of the presence of God, and as fleeing in…
The psalmist here recovers himself out of the great distress and plague he was in, and silences his own fears of God's casting off his people by the remembrance of the great things he had done for…
The manifestation of God's sovereignty over nature in that supreme act of redemption.
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