Then the channels of water were seen
Or, "of the sea"; as in ( 2 Samuel
22:16 ) . There seems to be an allusion to the drying up of
the sea when the Israelites passed through it. Aben Ezra
interprets this of the discovery of the secrets of enemies, and
of their deep schemes and counsels, which they seek to hide, but
are made known by him who sees all things in the dark; and so the
following clause;
and the foundations of the world were
discovered;
but it rather seems to intend the utter extirpation and ruin of
the Jewish nation, both in their civil and ecclesiastic state,
the foundation of which was rooted up and laid bare; unless with
Jerom we understand this of the ministers of the word, in whom
the doctrines of grace were channelled, and who were as fountains
of water; and of the foundation of the apostles and prophets made
known in the Gospel: but the former sense is best; since it
follows,
at thy rebuke, O Lord; at the blast of the breath of thy
nostrils;
for the destruction of the Jews was the effect of divine wrath
and vengeance: so ends the account of the wonderful appearance of
God in favour of the person the subject of this psalm, and
against his enemies; the deliverance wrought for him is next
described.