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Gill's Exposition
Which holdeth our soul in life,.... Or, "putteth our soul in life" (b), or "among the living", which is not to be understood of infusing a living soul in man, nor of the preservation of natural life,…
Barnes' Notes
Which holdeth our soul in life - Margin, as in Hebrew, putteth. That is, He has put (or placed) us in a state of safety. The word rendered “in life” means literally “among the living.” The word soul…
In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's people in a special manner to praise him. Let all lands do it, but Israel's land particularly. Bless our God; bless him as ours, a God in covenant with…
Cambridge Bible
Who hath set our soul in life,
And not suffered our foot to be moved.
The nation was on the point of death and ruin, but God preserved and upheld it. The tenses indicate that the words are not the…
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