3. Bowed. The Israelites were greatly impressed with the holiness and glory of God, and instinctively bowed before Him in adoration and praise.
His mercy endureth. Compare 5:13. This refrain occurs also in David’s psalm of praise sung when the ark was brought to Jerusalem (1 Chron. 16:34). Compare the song of the Levites and singers who went before the forces of Jehoshaphat against the enemy (2 Chron. 20:21).