OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 98:4

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Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Burst out and sing for joy, yes, sing praises!

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Verse 4. Loveth judgment. Requireth discretion. Challoner.—Hebrew “the king’s strength loveth judgment.” He does nothing unjustly, as the enemy is forced to confess. Calmet.—This is the highest glory of a king. Theod.—God requires that we should honour him, by correcting our fault. Saint Augustine—Directions. Most right and just laws to direct men. Challoner.—Jacob. There God principally instructed mankind, and punished the perverse. Other nations he seemed to have left to themselves. Bible.

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