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But you are holy, You who inhabit the praises of Israel.
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Faith Amidst Silence
The commentators unanimously highlight that even when feeling forsaken by God (v. 1-2), the speaker's immediate response is to affirm God's perfect holiness. This is not a complaint but a profound declaration of trust. Scholars like Spurgeon and Calvin see this as a model for believers: in our deepest trials, when prayers seem unanswered, our first move should be to trust and declare God's unchanging righteous character, refusing to blame Him for our circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But thou art holy—You are righteous and blameless. This indicates that the sufferer still had unwavering confidence in God. Though …
19th Century
Anglican
But. —In spite of his seeming desertion the poet still believes Jehovah is the God of the covenant—still the Holy One in whom His …
Baptist
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the…
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16th Century
Protestant
Yet you are holy. In Hebrew, it is properly, And you are holy: but the conjunction ו (vau) should, without doubt, be tra…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But thou [art] holy Which may be considered either as an argument with his God, why he should hear and answer him, s…
The Spirit of Christ, who was in the prophets, testifies clearly and fully in this psalm to the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follo…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addressed. Now here, in the third set …