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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...he keeps us among the living. What is here said of this special deliverance is true of all men at all times, that they owe the fact that they are among the living to the care of God; or, it is because he puts them among the living, or keeps them alive. % And suffereth not our feet to be moved. That is, from their firm position of safety. The idea is taken from one who is walking, and who is kept from slipping or falling 10. For thou, O God, hast proved us. That is, Thou hast tried us; thou hast tested the reality of our attachment to thee, as silver is tried by the application of fire. God had proved or tried them by bringing calamity upon them to test the reality of their allegiance to him. The nature of the proof or trial is referred to in the following verses. If Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. That is, by being subjected to appropriate tests to ascertain its real nature, and to remove from it imperfections. Comp. VOL. II. 11 Thou broughtest us into the "net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads: we went through i putteth. I Isa. xlviii. 10; 1 Pet. i. 7. u Hos. vii. 12. Notes on 1 Pet. i. 7; Isa. i. 25; xlviii. 10; see also Zech. xiii. 9; Mai. iii. 3. 11. Thou broughtest us into the net. That is, Thou hast suffered or permitted us to be brought into the net; thou hast suffered us to be taken captive, as beasts are caught in a snare. See Notes on Ps. ix. 15. The allusion here is to the efforts made by their enemies to take them, as hunters lay gins, or spread nets, to capture wild beasts. The idea here is, that those enemies had been successful; God had suffered them to fall into their hands. If we suppose this psalm to have been composed on the return from the Babylonish captivity, the proprie...
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About the Author
Albert Barnes (1798-1870) received academic degrees from Hamilton College and Princeton Theological Seminary. He pastored the Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N.J. for five years before accepting the pastorate at the First Presbyterian Church in Philadephia. It was during his 37 years pastorate in Philadelphia that he found time to prepare his series of commentaries of which over two million copies have been sold in various editions.
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130508943
- ISBN 13 9781130508949
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages224
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