And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day.
Ver. 10. And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh] That sturdy rebel, whom neither ministry, nor misery, nor miracle, nor mercy could possibly mollify. This was worse than any or all those ten plagues sent upon him, whereof see Exodus 3:19. See Trapp on " Exo 3:19 "
For thou knewest that they dealt proudly, &c.] This the just and jealous God could not away with, Exodus 18:11. His work in heaven is (said that heathen) to cast down the lofty, and to lift up the lowly, τα μεν υφηλα ταπεινουν, &c. (Aesop. Chilon).
So didst thou get thee a name] i.e. A great fame of thy power and justice, to the conversion of some (as Jethro, Exo 18:1) and conviction of others, as Deu 32:31 Jos 2:10 1 Samuel 4:8 .