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2In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. …
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The church is here triumphant even in the midst of its militant state. The psalmist, in the church’s name, triumphs here in God, the centre of all our triumphs. I. In the revelation God had made of himself to them, Ps. 76:1. It is the honour and privilege of Judah and Israel that among them God is known , and where he is known his name will be great . God is known as he is pleased to make himself…
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