71That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
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And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. …
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 67-80)We have here the song wherewith Zacharias praised God when his mouth was opened ; in it he is said to prophesy (Luke 1:67), and so he did in the strictest sense of prophesying ; for he foretold things to come concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, to which all the prophets bear witness. Observe, I. How he was qualified for this: He was filled with the Holy Ghost , was endued with more than ordinar…
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