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Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
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Vindication Through Christ
Commentators unanimously identify the speaker as the Messiah (Christ), who expresses absolute confidence in God's help. They highlight that the Apostle Paul applies this same victorious logic to believers in Romans 8:33-34. If God justifies you, no person or power can successfully condemn you. As Matthew Henry notes, Christ speaks here in the name of all believers, making this assurance personal for every Christian.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord God will help me - (). In the Hebrew this is, ‘The Lord Jehovah,’ as it is in Isaiah 50:7 also, and these are among the pl…
19th Century
Anglican
They all shall wax old as a garment. —An echo of Job 13:28; Psalms 102:26; reproduced in Isaiah 51:6.
Baptist
Let us stand together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Lo, th…
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16th Century
Protestant
Who is he that condemns me? Paul appears to allude to this passage in his Epistle to the Romans, when he says, It is God that justifie…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, the Lord God will help me This is repeated from Isa 50:7, (See Gill on Isaiah 50:7); to show the ce…
As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find Him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Je…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Thus says the Lord: What is this... Here the prophet begins to address the obstacles to Israel's liberation. He proceeds in two …
