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3The earth and all the inhabitants{H8802)} thereof are dissolved{H8737)}: I bear up{H8765)} the pillars of it. Selah.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. …
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)In these verses, I. The psalmist gives to God the praise of his advancement to honour and power, and the other great things he had done for him and for his people Israel (Ps. 75:1): Unto thee, O God! do we give thanks for all the favours thou hast bestowed upon us; and again, unto thee do we give thanks ; for our thanksgivings must be often repeated. Did not we often pray for mercy when we were in…
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