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1. The need for God to vindicate Himself 115:1-2
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The psalmist called on God to glorify Himself for His own sake in contrast to glorifying His people. Evidently the pagan nations were ridiculing Yahweh for His inactivity.
The Christian stateman William Wilberforce marked the passing of his bill to abolish the slave trade in England by meditating on verse 1.188