The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. They had seen Pharaoh's reign brought to a sudden end; but that of Yahweh over His people would be everlasting; and the deliverance which they had just been celebrating, and for which they had been indebted to His special presence and protection was an earnest pledge of future victories over all their foes. 'God is here for the first time called a king (shall reign) (the patriarchs knew Him as the Lord, the Shepherd) because He now had formed for Himself a people and kingdom on earth. This name forms the leading thought in the whole constitution of the people. (Gerlach).