Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
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Gill's Exposition
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,.... Or "throats" (m); loudly declared by them. The word "praises" is not in the text, and so may be read, "the high things of God" (n); or, "the heights…
Barnes' Notes
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth - Margin, as in Hebrew, in their throat. Literally, “Praises of God in their throat; and a sword of two edges in their hand.” That is, In the very work of…
The Israel of God are here represented triumphing over their enemies, which is both the matter of their praise (let them give to God the glory of those triumphs) and the recompence of their praise;…
Cambridge Bible
highpraises] Cp. Psa 66:17, note.
in their mouth Lit. throat(Psa 115:7).
a twoedged sword So the LXX and Jer.; cp. Jdg 3:16: but a sword of mouthsmeans rather a devouring sword. So Nehemiah's builders…
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