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Yah is my strength and song, He has become my salvation: This is my God, and I will praise him; My father`s God, and I will exalt him.
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A Personal, Covenant God
Commentators emphasize the deeply personal nature of this praise. By declaring "This is my God," the Israelites distinguished the one true God from the many false gods of Egypt. The phrase "my father's God" roots this personal faith in the long-standing covenant relationship God established with their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnifice…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord is my strength and song. —Heb., My strength and song is Jah. The contracted form of Jehovah, Jah, is he…
Baptist
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriou…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Lord is my strength. In this expression, they acknowledge that they have a sufficient defense in God. Afterwards, they add that His gr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord is my strength and song. The strength of Moses and the children of Israel against the fears of the Egyptians, an…
This song is the most ancient we know. It is a holy song, in honor of God, to exalt His name and celebrate His praise, and His alone, not in the le…
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