21This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? …
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-21)To so low an ebb were the faith and hope of God’s people in Babylon brought that there needed line upon line to assure them that they should be released out of their captivity; and therefore, that they might have strong consolation, the assurances of it are often repeated, and here very expressly and encouragingly. I. God here takes to himself such titles of his honour as were very encouraging to…
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