Psalm - 108:7

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7 God has spoken from his sanctuary: "In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 108:7.

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God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
God hath spoken in his holiness. I will rejoice, and I will divide Sichem and I will mete out the vale of tabernacles.
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.
That Thy beloved may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

God hath spoken - This is taken, without change, from Psalm 60:6. See the notes at that place.

God hath spoken in his holiness - בקדשו bekodsho; some think this means in his Holy One, referring to the Prophet Jeremiah, who predicted the captivity, its duration of seventy years, and the deliverance from it.

God hath spoken in his (e) holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
(e) As he has spoken to Samuel concerning me, so will he show himself constant and holy in his promise, so that these nations following will be subject to me.

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