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You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
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God's Active Goodness
Commentators emphasize that God's goodness is not a passive attribute but the very essence of His nature, which actively expresses itself. As Albert Barnes notes, God's goodness is not a mere sentiment but finds expression in acts that promote happiness. The psalmist's logic is clear: God 'doest good' precisely because He 'art good.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Thou art good - See Psalms 100:5, note; Psalms 107:1, note.
And doest good - As the expression or…
19th Century
Anglican
It is characteristic of this psalm that the higher the conception of the Divine nature, the more earnest becomes the prayer for knowledge of His wi…
Baptist
You are good, and do good;
What a delightful description this is of God and his works! Who is good? Our Lord Jesus supplies the ans…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You [are] good, and doest good Essentially, originally, and only good, and the fountain of all goodness to his creat…
However God has dealt with us, He has dealt with us better than we deserve, and all in love and for our good.
Many have knowledge, but littl…
