Great and marvellous are Thy works. Ps. cxi. 2; exxxix. 14; 1 Chron. xvi. 9.
Just and true are Thy ways. Rev., righteous for just. See Deut. xxxii. 4.
King of saints (Gacireds tv dylwv). The readings differ. Some read for saints, é9vaev of the nations; others aiovev of
the ages. So Rev. Compare Jer. x. 7. 4. Who shall not fear Thee? See Jer. x. 7. Omit thee.
Holy (8cv0s). See on Luke i. 75. The term is applied to Christ in Acts ii. 27, 35; Heb. vii. 26. To God only here and ch. xvi. 5, where the correct reading is 0 doves thow holy one, instead of 6 écdpuevos which shalt be.
All nations shall come. Compare Ps. Ixxxvi. 9; Isa. il. 9-4; Ixvi. 23; Mic. iv. 2.
Judgments (Sixcavipuara). Not merely divine decisions, but , righteous acts generally. So Rev. Primarily, the word signi- fies that which has been deemed ight so as to have the force of law. Hence an ordinance (Luke i. 6; Heb. ix. 1; Rom. i. 32). A judicial decision for or against (Rom. v. 16). A raght- cous deed. See ch. xix, 8.
5. Behold. Omit.
The temple of the tabernacle (6 vads tis cxnvijs). The sanctuary of the tabernacle. See on Matt. iv. 5.
Of the testimony. See Acts vii. 44. The tabernacle was called “the Tabernacle of the Testimony” because it contained the ark with the law of God which testifies against sin. See Exod. xxv. 16,21; xxx. 36; xxxiv. 29; xxxviiil. 21. Com- pare ch. xi. 19.
6. Linen (Awov). The Rev. follows the reading AiIov sione, after the analogy of Ezek. xxviii. 13, “ Every precious stone