The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Devils. Hebrew elilim, “diminutive gods, ( Bible.) nothings, ( Calmet.) vain things.” Mont. 1 Par.—We have idols, as Prot. read here. These were in fact, either devils, or vain imaginations of men. Saint Paul says, we know that an idol is nothing in the world. 1 Corinthians 8:4. They cannot claim self-existence, and if the true God were not to support those creatures, the sun, and so forth which have been the objects of adoration, they would presently cease to be. Bible.—This most plausible species of idolatry is therefore refuted, since the Lord made the heavens. Calmet.—The Creator alone can be considered as God; the devils prompt the people to adore other things. Worthington.—It would appear but a small praise for the Lord to be feared above all gods, ( Bible.) if they were “nothing.” Hence the Septuagint have used the word devils, to signify, that these potent, but maleficent beings, which the pagans adored, were infinitely beneath God, and worse than nothing. Bert.