Verse 36
judge = vindicate. Compare Leviticus 26:25 .Judges 2:18 . Psalms 7:8 ; Psalms 135:14 .Jeremiah 51:6 .
power. Hebrew "hand". Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6 , for power contained in it.
shut up, or left. Hebrew ' az a b , is a Homonym, with two meanings: (1) to leave, or forsake, Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 39:6 . Nehemiah 5:10 . Psalms 49:10 . Mai. Deuteronomy 4:1 . (2) To help, restore, strengthen, shut in, or fortify, as in Exodus 23:5 . 1 Kings 14:10 . 2 Kings 14:26 . Nehemiah 3:8 . Jeremiah 49:25 . See the notes on these passages. Hence, here, Deuteronomy 32:36 = defended und protected. Note the perplexity manifested in the margins of Authorized Version and Revised Version.
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