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Deuteronomy 32:43

Deuteronomy 32:43

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

"As this song commenced with an appeal to heaven and earth to give glory to the Lord (), so it very suitably closes with an appeal to the heathen to rejoice with his people on account of the acts of the Lord" (Keil).

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people. The Authorized Version here follows the LXX; εὐφράνθητε ἔθνη μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, and so St. Paul cites the passage in . The Jewish interpreters generally render, Praise his people, O nations; and this several Christian interpreters adopt.

But as Rosenmüller remarks, it is the Divine righteousness manifested in the vindication of his people from their enemies that is to be celebrated, and not the people themselves, as what follows shows.

Here as elsewhere the nations and the people are in contrast.

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