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Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, To all who call on him in truth.
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A Special Kind of Nearness
Commentators explain that while God is omnipresent, this verse describes a special, intimate nearness reserved for His people. It's a nearness of relationship, affection, and help that is experienced when we call on Him, as opposed to His general presence in all of creation.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him — There is a sense in which he is “near” to all, for he is everywhere present; bu…
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord is near ...
“Closer is He than breathing,and nearer than hands and feet.”
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Baptist
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his work. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him i…
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16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah is near to all that call upon him. This truth is primarily applicable to believers, whom God, by a unique privilege, invites to dr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord [is] near to all them that call upon him He is not only near to them in relation, being their near kinsman, brot…
All God's works declare His praises. He satisfies the desire of every living thing, except the unreasonable children of men, who are satisfied with…
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