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Life
The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
“The Lord liveth” contrasts Yahweh with lifeless idols. Moses also employs the rock metaphor in making this point: “Their rock is not as our Rock” (Deuteronomy 32:31).
Jews called Yahweh “the living God”—the God who both constitutes and gives life (see Psalms 84:2, for instance). And those testifying to the truth of something used the oath “as the Lord liveth” (see examples in I Samuel 19:4–6; II Kings 2:1, 2).
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Resources cited in this issue
Cit. 2: Wilkins, Michael J. NIV Application Commentary: From Biblical Text . . . to Contemporary Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
Cit. 12: NLT Study Bible. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2017.
Cit. 13: New International Reader’s Version™, NIrV™. Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1998, 2014 by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Cit. 15: Levine, Amy-Jill, and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds. The Jewish Annotated New Testament: New Revised Standard Version. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Cit. 23: Buttrick, George Arthur, Nolan B. Harmon, et al., eds. The Interpreter’s Bible: A Commentary in Twelve Volumes. Vol. 11, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Pastoral Epistles, Philemon, Hebrews. Nashville: Abingdon, 1951–57.
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