Thy bow was made quite naked] A figurative terme: taken from that that in those countreys the archers did use to carry their bows in certaine cases; and it signified that Gods power was manifested. oathes of the tribes] For he had not onely made a covenant with Abraham, but renewed it with his posteritie. Others by oathes understand, terrible curses and threatnings against the enemies. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers] Or, thou didst cleave the rivers of the earth. A Poeticall hyperbole. That is, thou didst cleave the earth, and causedst waters, and streames to come forth every where.