What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back?
Ver. 5. What ailed thee, O thou sea?] Or, what came to thee? can there any natural reason be given, or was it God's powerful presence only that caused you to run retrograde? Atheists and unbelievers will search the devil's skull to find out something whereby they may elevate God's great works, and elude his arguments; as Pharaoh sat not down under the miracle, but sent for the magicians, and hardened his own heart.