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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 41:2
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, etc.] Amidst a thousand deaths, to which he is exposed for making a profession of his faith in Christ; (see <470110>2 Corinthians 1:10 4:10,11 6:9); or this may refer to his spiritual life, which is hid and preserved in Christ, in whom he believes; and is safe and secure; because Christ lives he shall live also, and shall never die the second death, nor be hurt by it, but shall have everlasting life; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth; with temporal blessings; for whatever he has, be it more or less, he has it with the blessing of God, and as a blessing of the covenant, and in love, and so is a blessing indeed: and with spiritual blessings; with peace, pardon, righteousness, and a right and title to eternal glory and happiness; and he will be blessed in the new earth, in which righteousness will dwell, and where he will dwell, live, and reign with Christ a thousand years; and thou wilt not deliver him into the will of his enemies; not into the will of Satan, that roaring lion who would devour him if he might; nor of wicked men, and furious persecutors, whose wrath the Lord makes to praise him; and the remainder of it is restrained by him; some read these words as a prayer, “do not thou deliver him”, etc. (see <192712>Psalm 27:12); so Pagninus, Montanus, Junius and Tremellius, Ainsworth, and others.
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