For thou hast been a strength to the poor - You have sustained and upheld them in their trials and have delivered them. God is ofte…

You have been a strength ... —Literally, a fortress. The fierceness of the oppressor is represented by the intol…

For thou hast been a strength to the poor. Therefore, we see the fruit of conversion: namely, that the Lord raises us from the dead and br…

For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress The people of God, who are poor and nee…

However this might show the deliverance of the Jews from captivity, it looked further, to the praises that should be offered to God for Christ's vi…

1. O Lord, you are my God. Here, thanksgiving is presented. It is offered for three reasons:

   1. First, for the exaltation…