The eternal God is thy refuge. — The word “thy” is not represented in the original. Mâ’ônah, the word for refuge, differs very slightly from the “refuge” of Psalms 90:1, “Lord, thou hast been our refuge in generation and generation,” which are also the words of Moses. The same word is used of the “habitation of Jehovah” in heaven (Deuteronomy 26:15). Perhaps we ought to connect this clause with what pre cedes, and render the passage thus: —

There is none like the God of Jeshurun,

Riding on the heavens for thy help,
And in His Majesty on the sky —
The dwelling of the eternal Jehovah (above thee)
And underneath, the everlasting arms!
And He will expel before thee (every) enemy,
And will say (to thee), Destroy them.”

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