Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.
τις ου μη φοβηθη 5399 σε κυριε και δοξαση δοξασει το ονομα σου οτι μονος αγιος οτι παντα τα εθνη παντες ηξουσιν και προσκυνησουσιν ενωπιον σου οτι τα δικαιωματα σου εφανερωθησαν
3 Church Fathers comment on this verse
"And they sang the song of Moses." By the song of Moses, we suppose that a hymn is here offered up to God by those justified under the Law before grace.
By the song of the Lamb, we suppose that those who lived righteously on earth after the coming of Christ offer Him unceasing hymnody and thanksgiving.
They do so for the mercies and benefits sent by Him upon our race, for through the divine Apostles He called all nations to the knowledge of Himself.
Here he more fully expressed the intention of the elect, who say from the heart: "Remove from me the way of falsehood, O Lord, and have mercy on me by Your law," or: "For the sake of Your law I have waited for You, O Lord," and the like.
Compare Ps 118:29: "Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me Your law." Compare Ps 129:5: "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits. In His word I hope."
The author also wished to make clear that they belong to the number of the blessed as co-workers of the victory mentioned.
By the song of Moses the Old Testament is signified, and by the song of the Lamb the New. By this he teaches that the fullness of the elect is armed with both Testaments and has been made perfect through both Testaments.
The pages of both Testaments here testify to us in agreement with the truth that "All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth" (Ps 24:10).
He is more fittingly called King of the nations, because He was God known not only among the Jews. The heavenly dew, it seems, did not fall upon one fleece alone (see Judg 6:37).
Rather, as Malachi says: "From the rising of the sun to its setting My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My name, a pure sacrifice" (Mal 1:11).
"Following the example of Moses, who gave praise to God for saving the Israelites from the Egyptian yoke, the righteous glorify the Lord God. He has victoriously freed them from earthly slavery and opened to them the way into the land of promise, His Heavenly Kingdom.
The song of the Lamb is a compunctionate hymn in which the works of the Savior are magnified. He granted men the wondrous power to overcome the world and all its hostile efforts" (F. Yakovlev).
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