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How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
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A Zeal for God's Honor
John Calvin highlights that the psalmist's greatest pain is not personal suffering, but the public dishonor and blasphemy against God's name. This cry of "How long?" teaches that genuine godliness involves being more grieved by insults against God than by our own hardships. It's a prayer motivated by a deep desire to see God's glory defended.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?... - How long shall this state of things be allowed to continue? Is there to be no en…
19th Century
Anglican
In the true prophetic spirit, as Moses brought the cries of distress by reason of their bondage from the oppressed Israelites to God ([Ref…
16th Century
Protestant
How long, O God! shall the adversary reproach? Here it is implied that nothing caused them greater anguish than when they saw the name of …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach ? &c.] The name of God, as in the next clause, the divine Persons and p…
This psalm appears to describe the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Chaldeans. The deplorable case of the people of God, at the time,…
