thine inheritance Israel. Cp. Deuteronomy 4:20.

feed them Lit. shepherd them. Cp. Psalms 23:1; 2 Samuel 7:7. Govern themin the adaptation of this verse in the Te Deum is from the Vulg. rege.

lift them up Exalt them; as the word is used in 2 Samuel 5:12. But we should probably render as in R.V., bear them up; either as a shepherd carries his sheep (Isaiah 40:11), continuing the idea of the preceding word; or as a father carries his child, a figure often applied to Jehovah's care for Israel. See Deuteronomy 1:31; Isaiah 46:3-4; Isaiah 63:9. Cp. too Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11.

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