Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish ] Calmet thinks this may refer to the discomfiture of Cambyses, who came to destroy the land of Judea. "This is apparently," says he, "the same tempest which struck dismay into the land-forces of Cambyses, and wrecked his fleet which was on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea, opposite to his army near the port of Acco, or the Ptolemais; for Cambyses had his quarters at Ecbatana, at the foot of Mount Carmel; and his army was encamped in the valley of Jezreel." Ships of Tarshish he conjectures to have been large stout vessels, capable of making the voyage of Tarsus, in Cilicia.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-14 - We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. Let our faith in the wor of God be hereby confirmed. Let our hope of the stability of the churc be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God. All the streams of mercy that flow down to us, must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give to God the glory of the great things he has done for us. Let all the members of the church tak comfort from what the Lord does for his church. Let us observe the beauty, strength, and safety of the church. Consider its strength; se it founded on Christ the Rock, fortified by the Divine power, guarde by Him who neither slumbers nor sleeps. See what precious ordinance are its palaces, what precious promises are its bulwarks, that you ma be encouraged to join yourselves to it: and tell this to others. Thi God, who has now done such great things for us, is unchangeable in his love to us, and his care for us. If he is our God, he will lead an keep us even to the last. He will so guide us, as to set us above the reach of death, so that it shall not do us any real hurt. He will lea us to a life in which there shall be no more death _________________________________________________
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