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Who redeems your life from destruction; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
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Redemption from Two Deaths
Commentators explain that God 'redeems your life from destruction' in two profound ways. First, He preserves our physical lives from premature death and the grave. More importantly, as scholars like Gill and Spurgeon emphasize, this points to the ultimate redemption through Christ from eternal destruction and hell. This benefit secures both our natural and spiritual lives.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction – That is, who saves it from death when exposed to danger, or when attacked by disease. The…
19th Century
Anglican
Destruction. —Rather, pit, or grave, as in Psalms 16:10.
Crowns. —A metaphor drawn from t…
Baptist
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; who redeems your lif…
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16th Century
Protestant
Who redeemeth thy life from the grave. The Psalmist expresses more plainly what our condition is before God’s curing our sicknesses—that w…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who redeems your life from destruction Not from temporal destruction, to which your natural life is subject, through diseases,…
By the pardon of sin, that which kept good things from us is taken away, and we are restored to the favor of God, who bestows good things on us. Th…
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