39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 39-43)This conclusion of the song speaks three things: I. Glory to God, Deut. 32:39. “See now upon the whole matter, that I, even I, am he . Learn this from the destruction of idolaters, and the inability of their idols to help them.” The great God here demands the glory, 1. Of a self-existence: I, even I, am he . Thus Moses concludes with that name of God by which he was first made to know him (Exod. 3…
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