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Salvation belongs to Yahweh. Your blessing be on your people. Selah.
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God Alone Is the Source of Salvation
Commentators unanimously affirm that this verse declares a foundational truth: salvation, both physical deliverance from danger and eternal spiritual salvation, comes only from God. As John Calvin notes, this power is opposed to any human aid. David, facing immense peril, places his entire confidence not in his own strength but in the Lord, who is the 'God of Salvation.'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A Psalm of David - This phrase literally means "belonging to David"; that is, it signifies him as the author. This title is marked in the He…
19th Century
Anglican
Thy blessing ... —Rather, let thy blessing be upon thy people. It is not the statement of a fact, but an interce…
Baptist
That is a sweet morning hymn. That is sound Calvinistic doctrine.
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord. It is He who saves man. It is …
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16th Century
Protestant
Salvation belongs to the Lord. Because ל is sometimes used by the Hebrews for מך Min, some appropriately translate this clause, <…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Salvation [belongs] unto the Lord As the author of it; temporal salvation is of him; all the deliverances of the sai…
Care and grief do us good when they lead us to pray to God earnestly. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can create a …
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13th Century
Catholic
When he fled from the face of his son Absalom. 3:1 Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? Many are they…
