As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Ver. 8. As we have heard] viz. By the relation of our forefathers, Psalms 44:1, or rather by the promises contained in the Holy Scriptures, which now we see verified and exemplified in our signal deliverances. Jerusalem's constant protection then is here assevered and assured, per comparationem promissionis et experientim simul, et similiter eam contestantium. See the like Job 42:5. See Trapp on " Job 42:5 "
In the city of our God] The Church is the city of the living God, Hebrews 12:22, a city that breedeth men, yea, conquerors, as Herodotus (Clio) saith of Ecbatana, the metropolis of the Medes, and as Pindarus (Nemeis, Obadiah 1:2) of another place,
Yρεφαι φωτα μαχαταν δυνατος, &c.
God will establish it for ever] There shall be a Church till the world's end, opposing all her enemies.