That they may know that thou, whose name is JEHOVAH, even thou alone,

Art the Most High over all the earth.

The primary object of chastisement is conversion (Psalms 83:16); but if they will not acknowledge Israel's God as the God of revelation, let them be compelled by reiterated judgements to recognise Him as the Almighty Ruler. Cp. Isaiah 37:20; 2 Chronicles 20:29. The ruin with which they threaten God's people will recoil upon themselves (Psalms 6:10; Psalms 35:4; Psalms 35:26). For -know" see Psalms 59:13: and generally, cp. Psalms 97:8-9; Isaiah 26:9-11.

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