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Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, And praise him in the seat of the elders.
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Praise Goes Public
Commentators unanimously stress that gratitude for God's deliverance should not be a private affair. The verse calls for exalting God 'in the congregation of the people,' meaning our praise should be shared openly within the community of faith. As Albert Barnes notes, since God's saving acts are public and conspicuous, our acknowledgment of them should be public as well.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let them exalt him also - Let them lift up his name on high; let them make it conspicuous. The word means “to lift up,” and is appl…
19th Century
Anglican
Let them exalt. —The addition of this to the refrain, like that of 22 to the refrain of the last stanza, clearly points to a liturgical us…
Baptist
Unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.<…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people , &c.] Of the people of God, who are gathered out of the w…
Let those who go to sea consider and adore the Lord. Mariners have their business on the tempestuous ocean, and there they witness deliverances tha…
