Thou gavest also thy good spirit— This whole chapter, says Mr. Peters, contains a beautiful epitome of the history of the Jews; raised and animated by a spirit of devotion, which appears in all that moving eloquence so well suited to the great occasion; and at the same time, with all that chasteness and correctness of thought and expression, which so eminently distinguishes the sacred writings from the wild raptures of enthusiasm. In recapitulating the miracles of divine goodness vouchsafed to their fathers in the wilderness, the sacred writer adds this, as none of the least memorable of God's mercies to them there: Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them. See Peters on Job, p. 312.
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Nehemiah 9:20
20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.