Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
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Gill's Exposition
Wherefore should the Heathen say, where is their God?.... They boast of, and put their confidence in, and expect salvation from? he does not appear for them, he is not with them; he has forsaken them,…
Barnes' Notes
Wherefore should the heathen say Where is their God? - The nations. Why should such a course of forbearance toward them be pursued as to lead them to ask the question whether God is able to punish…
The petitions here put up to God are very suitable to the present distresses of the church, and they have pleas to enforce them, interwoven with them, taken mostly from God's honour.
I. They pray that…
Cambridge Bible
Wherefore&c. The same plea in Psa 115:2 (cp. also Psa 115:1 with Psa 79:79); Joe 2:17. Cp. Exo 32:12; Psa 42:3; Mic 7:10.
let him be known Better:
Let vengeance for thy servants" blood that is shed
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