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5Through thee will we push down{H8762)} our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under{H8799)} that rise up{H8801)} against us.
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Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. …
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Some observe that most of the psalms that are entitled Maschil—psalms of instruction , are sorrowful psalms; for afflictions give instructions, and sorrow of spirit opens the ear to them. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest and teachest . In these verses the church, though now trampled upon, calls to remembrance the days of her triumph, of her triumph in God and over her enemies. This is very…
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