The Ba'al Torah Temimah carefully analyzes the language utilized throughout the song. He points out that the earlier events constitute fairly natural occurrences, such as, "the horse and his rider were thrown into the sea," and, "For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea." Only the later verse describes what was the uniquely miraculous event, "...but the Children of Israel walked in dry ground in the midst of the sea." Only toward the very end of the song is the true miracle revealed - the deliverance of Israel. The supernatural is mentioned almost as a footnote to the natural.

The Ba'al Torah Temimah offers a telling commentary on this. The Torah comes to teach us here that we must not only praise God for the miracles He performs, that alter the common laws of nature. Surely we must be grateful for these, but once they occur, they become historical events that belong to the past. Nature itself, however, is a miracle that accompanies us each and every day the rising and setting of the sun; the birth of a child. We are dependent on those everyday miracles of nature for our continued existence. Without them we cannot survive. And for these miracles we must sing God's praise forever. For this Moses and the Children of Israel sand and will sing, then and for the future.