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1, 2. on our side--for us ( Psa 56:9 ).
now--or, "oh! let Israel"
2. rose. . . against, &c.-- ( Psa 3:1 56:11 ).
3. Then--that is, the time of our danger.
quick--literally, "living" ( Num 16:32, 33 ), description of ferocity.
4, 5. (Compare Psa 18:4, 16 ).
5. The epithet proud added to waters denotes insolent enemies.
6, 7. The figure is changed to that of a rapacious wild beast ( Psa 3:7 ), and then of a fowler ( Psa 91:3 ), complete escape is denoted by breaking the net.
8. (Compare Psa 121:2 ).
name--in the usual sense ( Psa 5:11 20:1 ). He thus places over against the great danger the omnipotent God, and drowns, as it were in an anthem, the wickedness of the whole world and of hell, just as a great fire consumes a little drop of water [LUTHER].
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