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Psalms 9:14

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 9:14

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

That I may show forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. The "daughter of Zion" is, of course, Jerusalem. Compare "daughter of Babylon" (; ; :42; ), "daughter of the Chaldeans" (, ), "daughter of Edom" (, ), "daughter of Gallim" ().

Hengstenberg is probably right in understanding "in the gates" as "within the gates," since, as he observes, "God's praise is not to be celebrated in the gates, amid the throng of worldly business, but in the temple."

The references in the ' Speaker's Commentary' do not bear out the statement there made, that "public mournings and public thanksgivings were proclaimed in the gates." I will rejoice in thy salvation; or, that I may rejoice (Kay).

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