5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. …
I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?(that is, to bring Christ down from above:) …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-8)Both these proclamations, as I may call them, end alike with an assurance of the perpetuity of God’s righteousness and his salvation; and therefore we put them together, both being designed for the comfort of God’s people. Observe, I. Who they are to whom this comfort belongs: “ My people, and my nation, that I have set apart for myself, that own me and are owned by me.” Those are God’s people and…
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