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1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken{H8765)}, and called{H8799)} the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD,(save us not this day,)
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)It is probable that Asaph was not only the chief musician, who was to put a tune to this psalm, but that he was himself the penman of it; for we read that in Hezekiah’s time they praised God in the words of David and of Asaph the seer , 2 Chron. 29:30. Here is, I. The court called, in the name of the King of kings (Ps. 50:2): The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken —El, Elohim, Jehovah, the God…
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