SEV Biblia, Chapter 32:40
Cuando yo alzaré a los cielos mi mano, y diré: Vivo yo para siempre,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 32:40
Verse 40. For I lift up my hand to heaven] See concerning oaths and appeals to God in the note on "chap. vi. 13".
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 40. For I lift up my hand to heaven , etc.] Which is a gesture used in swearing, ( Genesis 14:22), and is ascribed to a divine Person, ( Ezekiel 20:5); and particularly to Christ the angel, that is so wonderfully described, ( Revelation 10:1-5); though sometimes it is used, as Aben Ezra observes, to excite the attention of hearers, but here it signifies swearing; and so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it, “I have lift up my hands with an oath to heaven;” and to the same sense is the Septuagint version: and say, I live for ever ; which is the form of an oath; when men swear, they are to swear, the Lord liveth, or to swear by the living God, and him only, ( Jeremiah 4:2); and when the Lord swears in this manner, he swears by his life, by himself, because he can swear by no greater; and his form of swearing is, “as truly as I live, saith the Lord”, ( Numbers 14:21,28); so the above angel is said to swear by him that liveth for ever and ever, ( Revelation 10:6); and since Christ is the living God, without beginning of days, and end of life, and lives for evermore, he may be thought to swear by himself, by his own life, which is for ever; and as the oath of the Lord is used in condescension by him, to confirm the faith of his people in the immutability of his counsel and promises, and to ascertain unto them the sure performance of them; so it is also used to assure wicked men of the certain performance of his threatenings; and it is as if Christ here said, as sure as I am the living God, and do and shall live for ever, I will most certainly do the things which next follow.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 39-43 - This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indee to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revealed from heave against them. 3. It speaks comfort to his own people. The son concludes with words of joy. Whatever judgments are brought upo sinners, it shall go well with the people of God.
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 אשׂא 5375 אל 413 שׁמים 8064 ידי 3027 ואמרתי 559 חי 2416 אנכי 595 לעלם׃ 5769
