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Yahweh looks from heaven. He sees all the sons of men.
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God's Active Governance
Commentators stress that God's 'looking from heaven' is not passive observation. John Calvin describes heaven as a 'royal court' from which God actively governs all human affairs. This verse is a powerful rebuttal to the idea that God is distant or that life is ruled by 'blind fortune,' affirming instead His active, moment-by-moment providence.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord looketh from heaven - Heaven is represented as His abode or dwelling, and from that place He is represented as looking dow…
19th Century
Baptist
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.
As we look out of a window, and see the people passing in the street…
16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah looked down from heaven. The Psalmist still proceeds with the same doctrine: namely, that human affairs are not tossed to and fro …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord looks from heaven Where his throne and temple are, upon the earth and men, and things in it, as follows;
All the inner workings and activities of human souls, which only they themselves know, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as thei…
13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is not new. It is to the end. A psalm for David.
In the previous psalm, the psalmist addressed his justification; …
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