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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 37:4
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Sing unto God, etc.] Manifest in the flesh, risen from the dead, ascended on high, set down at the right hand of his divine Father; having exerted his great strength in their redemption; and therefore should sing the song of redeeming love, with grace and melody in their hearts, unto him; sing praises to his name: to the honour of his name Jesus, a Saviour, because of the great work of salvation wrought out by him; give him all the praise and glory of it, which due unto his name; extol him that rideth upon heavens: having ascended above them, and being higher than they, and so is exalted above all blessing and praise; and uses his power and greatness for the help of his people: (see <053326> Deuteronomy 33:26). Some choose to render the words, “prepare the way” f884, as John the Baptist is said to do before him, (<231103>Isaiah 11:3); “for him that rideth through the deserts”, or “fields” f885; as he did through the fields of Judea on an ass; and through the nations of the world, in the ministry of the word, carried thither by his apostles; whereby places, comparable to deserts for their barrenness and unfruitfulness, became like the garden of the Lord: or rather, “that rideth in the west”; it being at the west end of the tabernacle and temple, where the cherubim were, on which Jehovah rode, they being his chariot; by his name JAH; or Jehovah; which being a name incommunicable to creatures, and given to Christ, shows him to be the most High; a selfexistent Being, the immutable and everlasting “I AM”; which is, and was, and is to come; from whom all creatures receive their being, and are continued in it; and who is also Jehovah our righteousness; and by, in, and because of this name, is he to be extolled and magnified; and rejoice before him; (see Gill on “<196803>Psalm 68:3”).
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