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9The princes of the people are gathered together{H8738)}, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted{H8738)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. …
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. …
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-9)We are here most earnestly pressed to praise God, and to sing his praises; so backward are we to this duty that we have need to be urged to it by precept upon precept, and line upon line; so we are here (Ps. 47:6): Sing praises to God , and again, Sing praises, Sing praises to our King , and again, Sing praises . This intimates that it is a very necessary and excellent duty, that it is a duty we o…
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