“And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.”
And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. The destruction of Egyptian forces in the Red Sea provides visible vindication of God's power and commitment to Israel. The completeness ('not one left') emphasizes God's thoroughness in dealing with threats. This verse represents the moment of God's overwhelming triumph, after which Israel's rebellion appears all the more ungrateful.
Church Fathers on Psalms 106:11
1. This Psalm also has the title Allelujah prefixed to it: and this twice. But some say, that one Allelujah belongs to the end of the former Psalm, the other to the beginning of this. And they assert, that all the Psalms bearing this title have Allelujah at the end, but not all at the beginning; so that they will not allow any Psalm which has not Allelujah at the end, to have it at the beginning; supposing that what seems to belong to the commencement, really belongs to the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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