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You drove out the nations with your hand, But you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, But you spread them abroad.
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God's Sovereign Power
Commentators unanimously stress that Israel's victory in Canaan was not their own achievement. The psalmist uses the phrase "with thy hand" to emphasize that God alone dispossessed the nations and established His people. This serves as a reminder that salvation and spiritual victories come from God's power and grace, not human strength or merit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand - The word rendered “heathen” means simply nations, without necessarily conveyin…
19th Century
Anglican
You ... with your hand. —Literally, You, Your hand, which may be, as in the Authorised Version, taken as accusative of in…
Baptist
They did use their own arm and sword; but, for all that, it was God who won the victory for them. It was his might that made them brave, and a cons…
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16th Century
Protestant
You have expelled the heathen with Your hand. This is an illustration of the preceding verse, for the inspired writer had not yet expressl…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[How] you did drive out the Heathen with your hand Of power; that is, the Canaanites, as the Targum; the seven natio…
Former experiences of God's power and goodness are strong supports to faith and powerful pleas in prayer under present calamities. The many victori…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist demonstrated his desire for God; here he proceeds to pray against the affliction of the entire people.
The…
