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6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: …
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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:
But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Our devotion is here warmly excited; and we are stirred up, that we may stir up ourselves to praise God. Observe, I. The duties to which we are here called, and they are many, but the tendency of them all is to give unto God the glory due unto his name. 1. We must give thanks to him , as one who has always been our bountiful benefactor and requires only that we give him thanks for his favours—poor…
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