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Psalms 34:20

Psalms 34:20
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken. This is literally true of Christ, in whom the type of the passover lamb had its accomplishment, and this passage also; see Exo 12:46; and seems…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

He keepeth all his bones - That is, he preserves or guards the righteous. Not one of them is broken - Perhaps there is a direct and immediate allusion here to what the psalmist had himself…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 34:11-22

David, in this latter part of the psalm, undertakes to teach children. Though a man of war, and anointed to be king, he did not think it below him; though now he had his head so full of cares and his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

As breaking the bonesis a forcible metaphor for the torture of pain that racks the bodily framework (Psa 51:8; Isa 38:13), or for cruel oppression (Mic 3:3), so keepingthem denotes the safe…

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