“He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.”
The reference to God turning the sea into dry land and the people crossing the river on foot recalls the exodus narrative and the crossing of the Jordan. The imagery of water becoming dry land suggests God's power to overturn natural processes and create the conditions for the people's deliverance. The crossing of the people indicates that divine action serves the salvation of the covenant community. This verse grounds worship in historical memory of divine salvific action.
Church Fathers on Psalms 66:6
1. This Psalm has on the title the inscription, “For the end, a song of a Psalm of Resurrection.” When ye hear “for the end,” whenever the Psalms are repeated, understand it “for Christ:” the Apostle saying, “For the end of the law is Christ, for righteousness to every one believing.” Romans 10:4 In what manner therefore here Resurrection is sung, you will hear, and whose Resurrection it is, as far as Himself deigns to give and disclose. For the Resurrection we Christians…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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