O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
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Gill's Exposition
O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us,.... Sin and Satan have the dominion over the Lord's people, in a state of unregeneracy; before the good work of grace is wrought in…
Barnes' Notes
Other lords beside thee have had dominion - The allusion here is to the kings of Babylon who had subdued and oppressed them, and who in their long captivity had held them in subjection to their laws.…
The prophet in these verses looks back upon what God had done with them, both in mercy and judgment, and sings unto God of both, and then looks forward upon what he hoped God would do for them.…
The long heathen domination is now a thing of the past; the oppressors have gone to the realm of shades, and shall trouble the world no more.
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