Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Psalms 117:2
This may be regarded as a doxology, suitable to be appended to any Psalm of similar character, and prophetical of the prevalence of God's grace in the world, in which aspect Paul quotes it (Romans 15:11; compare Psalms 47:2; Psalms 66:8). (Psalms 117:1-2)
is great toward us—literally, "prevailed over" or "protected us."
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