8-11. The covenant was often ratified.
word--answering to "covenant"
[Ps 105:9]
in the parallel clause, namely, the word of promise, which, according
to
Ps 105:10,
He set forth for an inviolable law.
commanded--or, "ordained"
(Ps 68:28).
to a thousand generations--perpetually. A verbal allusion to
De 7:9
(compare
Ex 20:6).
JFB.
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