Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures

He hath chosen us for His inheritance : or, He hath chosen an inheritance for us. He has made us His special people, and given us a land to dwell in.

The excellent portion assigned to Jacob, whom God specially loved ; whilst to Esau He gave the mountains of Seir.

H. P. "The people of the God of Abraham." Dj; may be a preposition signifying "with," or a noun meaning "people," according as it is punctuated. Olshausen thinks that the same letters should be repeated with different points : " with the people." The gathering of princes of the nations Avas for the purpose of worship with the people of the God of Abraham, the Jews. We know of no historical fact to which the text may be referred, which, however, is splendidly fulfilled in the Christian church. W H. P. " The shields of the earth belong unto God." Princes, who are often figuratively styled shields, may be meant. St. Justin and the Greeks generally understand it, that "the strong ones of the earth were raised up against God." The text may mean that the princes, who are of God, representing His authority, were assembled.

H. P. " He is exceedingly exalted,"