Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
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Gill's Exposition
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,.... The God of the patriarch Jacob, the Messiah, who is that God that fed him all his life, the Angel that redeemed him from all evil, with whom in…
Barnes' Notes
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help - Who may rely for protection on the God who defended Jacob in his travels and dangers. Or, perhaps the word Jacob is used here collectively to…
The psalmist, having cautioned us not to trust in princes (because, if we do, we shall be miserably disappointed), here encourages us to put our confidence in God, because, if we do so, we shall be…
Cambridge Bible
Happy is he, whose help is the God of Jacob;
Whose hope resteth upon Jehovah his God.
Cp. Psa 33:12; Psa 144:15; Psa 20:1. The word for hopeis Aramaic, and is found elsewhere only in Psa 119:116:…
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