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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 58:10
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, etc.] Before imprecated and foretold; the punishment inflicted by the Lord, to whom vengeance belongs, in a way of vindictive wrath; for what befalls the wicked in an afflictive way is in wrath, and as a vengeance upon them: and as the judgments of God are sometimes manifest, are to be seen, they are observed by the righteous, who rejoice at them; not as evils and miseries simply considered, nor from a private affection; but as the glory of divine justice is displayed therein, and the goodness of God is shown to them, by delivering them out of their hands; (see <661820>Revelation 18:20 19:1-3); he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked; which denotes the great destruction of the wicked, and the abundance of blood that shall be shed; (see <661420>Revelation 14:20); and the entire victory the saints shall have over them, and their security from them, (<196821>Psalm 68:21-23); as well as the satisfaction, and pleasure and refreshment, as it were, they shall have in their destruction; signified by their feet being washed in their blood, instead of being washed in water, usual in the eastern countries; because of the glory of the divine perfections appearing therein. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, “his hands”.
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