He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 21. Praise, the object whom thou must praise, and the source of all thy happiness and glory. Other nations will revere the Jews on this account. Calmet.—An ancient oracle could not refuse giving them this singular commendation, though to the prejudice of idolatry. “Chaldees alone philosophy may claim—but Hebrews worship God, the self-born King—with pure religion.” Bible.—agnos, ( Calmet.) Saint Cyril c. Julian 5. and S. Just. Exhort. read auton, him. But the meaning is clear from the context. The palm of wisdom is given to the Chaldees for natural learning, and to the Jews for divinity. Watson, Proleg. xii. Porphyrius owns the oracle. Theodoret. Bible.