Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 77:20
Psalms 77:20. Thou leddest thy people First through the sea, and afterward through the vast howling wilderness to Canaan; like a flock With singular care and tenderness, as a shepherd doth his sheep. The Psalm concludes abruptly, and does not apply those ancient instances of God’s power to the present distresses, whether personal or national, as one might have expected. For as soon as the good man began to meditate on these things he found he had gained his point. His very entrance upon... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 77:19
Psalms 77:19. Thy way is in the sea, &c. Or rather, was, at that time; thou didst walk and lead thy people in untrodden paths; and thy footsteps Or, though thy footsteps were not seen God walked before his people through the sea, though he left no footsteps of himself behind him. Thus “the dispensations and ways of God, like the passage through the Red sea, are all full of mercy to his people; but they are also, like that, often unusual, marvellous, inscrutable; and we can no more... read more