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10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. …
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. …
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-12)We have here the practical application of this gospel doctrine concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, by way of exhortation to the kings and judges of the earth. They hear that it is in vain to oppose Christ’s government; let them therefore be so wise for themselves as to submit to it. He that has power to destroy them shows that he has no pleasure in their destruction, for he puts them into a way…
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