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When God arose to judgment, To save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
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God's Judgment is Rescue
Commentators unanimously explain that God's judgment here is an act of salvation. When God "arose to judgment," it was specifically "to save" His people. John Calvin calls this a "proof of his fatherly love," showing that God's powerful intervention is for the rescue and protection of the afflicted who trust in Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When God arose to judgment - That is, when he came to overthrow and destroy the enemies of his people, as referred to in the former…
19th Century
Anglican
Of the earth. —Or, of the land.
16th Century
Protestant
When God arose to judgment. The great purpose God had in view in carrying out this judgment is now declared; it was to provide proof of hi…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When God arose to judgment He may sometimes seem to be asleep, and to defer judgment, but he will arise and hasten i…
God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, who suffer wrong but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, soo…
