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Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
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Praise from God's Dwelling
Commentators explain that blessing the Lord 'out of Zion' is significant. Just as God's blessings flow from His dwelling place in Jerusalem, the praise of His people flows back to Him from that same central location. Scholars note this establishes a reciprocal relationship, with Zion being the place where God and His people meet.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel ... - This passage, also, is evidently an imitation of the passage in ([Reference Psalms 115:9-13…
19th Century
Anglican
From Psalm 115:9-11, with the addition, O house of Levi.
Baptist
Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Our inmost hearts would bless him. We cannot make him more blessed tha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Blessed be the Lord out of Zion This, according to Aben Ezra, was the formula of blessing to be used by the houses o…
These verses arm believers against idolatry and all false worship, by showing what sort of gods pagans worshipped. The more deplorable the conditio…
