with the blast of thy nostrils] Nostrils, and other parts of man, are ascribed to God, for the capacitie of man; and by this we are to note the vigour of the Almightie Spirit, who can (with as much ease, as a man letteth his breath passe through his nostrils) overthrow the mightiest power of the wicked. See Job 4:9. 2 Thess. 2. 8. And if we take the words in a more particular sense, the Wind may be called the breath of his Nostrils, for that onely cometh from him: and as a wind divided the waves of the Sea, &made them to stand like wals on each side for a passage to his people, Chap. 14. 21. So a wind might blow down those water wals upon the Egyptians, to overwhelm them. congealed] That is, hardned, either because the waters stood like confirmed walls, or the muddie part (under their feete that walked through it) was thickned, and confirmed like a solid floore. heart of the sea] Or, depth of the sea. Jonah 2:3.