What is the context?
The people confess wrongdoing like their ancestors. The failure at the sea is described as forgetting kindness and failing to understand wonders already received.
God nevertheless saves for His name and makes His power known. The sea becomes a way through for the people and destruction for their enemies.
Belief and praise follow. The next movement will ask whether that response lasts, so the remembered song cannot be taken as the end of the story.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley emphasizes rescue despite the people’s recent rebellion. The USCCB note places this first episode within the poem’s repeated movement through sin, judgment, and mercy.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
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