“Thou hast magnified Thy Word above all Thy name.”—Psalm 138:2. This saying of the Psalmist may primarily refer to some specific word of God, some promise, like that recorded about the future of David’s own house (2 Samuel 7:11, 19); but the larger truth it contains and conveys is capable of so much wider scope and broader application that it may well be said to include the whole body of Holy Scripture. Calvin translates: “Thou hast magnified Thy name, above all things, by Thy Word;”
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