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Selected Verse: Psalms 98:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 98:3 |
King James |
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The union of mercy and truth (Psa 57:3; Psa 85:10) secure the blessings of the promise (Gen 12:3; Gen 18:18) to all the world (Isa 52:10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He hath remembered his mercy - Compare the notes at Luk 1:54-55 (note), Luk 1:72 (note), where this passage in the Psalms was not improbably referred to by Mary and Zacharias. The idea is, that God had called to mind his promise of mercy to his people; that he had not suffered it to pass out of his recollection; that he had kept his word.
And his truth - He has kept his promise; he has shown that he is a God of truth.
Toward the house of Israel - Toward his people.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God - This appears to have been quoted from Isa 52:10. See the notes at that passage. The resemblance in the language is so strong as to make it probable that the psalm was composed after the times of Isaiah, and not improbably to be used (as remarked above) in the dedication of the temple after the captivity. The whole psalm would be appropriate to celebrate that deliverance; while, at the same time, like the language in Isaiah, it would be adapted to celebrate a higher deliverance - under the Messiah - of which that was an emblem. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He hath remembered his mercy - His gracious promises to their forefathers.
And his truth - Faithfully accomplishing what he had promised. All this was fulfilled under the Gospel. |
10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
10 The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.