John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 78:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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[Even] an heritage unto Israel his servant, etc.] The land of those that served idols, the Lord took and gave to Israel for an inheritance, who served him, the true God. Thus the Lord rewards his servants in a way of grace and mercy, though not as of debt; for it follows, for his mercy [endureth] for ever; Aben Ezra and Kimchi make the mercy to lie in this peculiarly, that the lands of these kings were not in the covenant with Abraham; only the seven nations or kingdoms of Canaan, which are not here mentioned, as in (<19D511>Psalm 135:11); but the Amorites were given in the covenant, (<011521>Genesis 15:21); and the one as the other were given as an inheritance to Israel, and equally owing to the mercy of God; (see <19D511>Psalm 135:11,12). And thus the heavenly glory, of which Canaan was a type, is an inheritance owing to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, (<650121>Jude 1:21).

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