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12Thou hast caused men to ride{H8689)} over our heads; we went{H8804)} through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out{H8686)} into a wealthy place.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. …
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. …
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. …
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)In these verses the psalmist calls upon God’s people in a special manner to praise him. Let all lands do it, but Israel’s land particularly. Bless our God; bless him as ours, a God in covenant with us, and that takes care of us as his own. Let them make the voice of his praise to be heard (Ps. 66:8); for from whom should it be heard but from those who are his peculiar favourites and select attenda…
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