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I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
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The Voice of the Messiah
A majority of commentators, including Barnes, Spurgeon, and Gill, see this verse as a prophecy perfectly fulfilled by Jesus Christ. He is the ultimate preacher who proclaimed the 'glad tidings of righteousness'—the good news of salvation—to the great crowds. His public ministry was a complete and faithful declaration of God's truth, a fact to which He could appeal to the Father.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation - I have maintained and defended the principles of righteousness and truth …
19th Century
Anglican
I have preached. —Literally, I have made faces glad.
Notice the rapid succession of clauses, like successive wave-b…
Baptist
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousne…
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16th Century
Protestant
I have proclaimed your righteousness in the great assembly. Here David again brings forward his own thankfulness, for no other reason than…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation Not the righteousness which the law requires men to do; but …
The psalmist foretells that work of wonder: redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Substance, who is Christ, must come. He must bring that…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalms, the psalmist asked for divine help against the malice of the wicked and showed his intention to be cautious. Her…
