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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 89:32
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, etc.] That is, of men; as in (<100714>2 Samuel 7:14), the Lord making use of men to chastise his people by, as he did of the neighbouring nations of the Jews, when they sinned against him; and so the Targum interprets it here, “I will visit their transgressions by the hands of the tribes of the ungodly;” or with such afflictions as are common to men, (<461013>1 Corinthians 10:13), in a kind, humane, moderate way, in measure, in judgment, and not in wrath and hot displeasure; or in such like manner as a man chastises his children, which is in love, (<050805>Deuteronomy 8:5) and their iniquity with stripes; such as diseases of body, loss of relations, crosses and disappointments in the world; not with the stripes of divine vengeance, of vindictive justice, such as Christ, the surety of his people, endured for them; but with the scourges of a father, (<235308>Isaiah 53:8 <581206> Hebrews 12:6).
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