7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. …
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. …
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. …
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-23)The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God’s people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of his family, are here particularly taken notice of and triumphed in. In the day that God has given Israel rest they shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon . We must not rejoice when our enemy falls, as ours; but wh…
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