He said: praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Jethro's declaration of praise is a doxology — praise be to the Lord — the form of blessing that acknowledges God as the source of good. The repetition of rescued three times in verses 9–10 hammers the theological point: the Lord is the one who rescued, and the rescue is the reason for the praise. Psalm 124:1–7 follows the same structure: were it not for the Lord on our side, they would have swallowed us alive. Jethro's praise is the gentile version of the Song of the Sea — same God, same acts, same appropriate response. Romans 15:9 quotes the Old Testament's expectation that the Gentiles would praise God for His mercy.

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