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Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number the towers of it;
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Survey Your Spiritual Defenses
The psalmist invites believers to take a deliberate 'walk' around Zion, counting its towers to see its strength and God's protection. Commentators like Calvin and Spurgeon apply this to the Church today. We are encouraged to regularly survey the 'towers' of our faith: God's unchanging promises, the truth of Scripture, the power of Christ's resurrection, and the fellowship of believers. This inspection builds our confidence in God's secure protection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Walk about Zion - This is a call on all persons to go around the city; to take a survey of it; to see how beautiful and how strong …
19th Century
Anglican
Tell — i.e., count. So in Milton, “Every shepherd tells his tale,” i.e., counts his sheep.
Baptist
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
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16th Century
Protestant
And verse 13: Encompass Zion, and so on. Here the prophet again commends the situation and beauty of Jerusalem, intimating that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Walk about Zion, and go round about her These words are either an address to the enemies of the church, sarcasticall…
Here we see the application that God's people are to make of His glorious and gracious appearances on their behalf. Let our faith in the word of Go…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to sing to God about God’s favors; here, he describes the great joy of the people or the cit…
