1734. Vers 20. En gezegend zij de Allerhoogste God, die uw vijanden in uw hand overgeleverd heeft. En hij gaf hem de tienden van alles.

Gezegend zij de Allerhoogste God, betekent de binnenste mens van de Heer; die uw vijanden in uw handen overgeleverd heeft, betekent de overwinning; en hij gaf hem de tienden van alles, betekent de overblijfselen uit de overwinning.

The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His form. Of course, we feel the Lord's love and hear His wisdom in many different ways, depending on our state in life and how receptive we are. That's why the Lord has so many different names in the Bible, and is referred to in so many different ways.

624. It is clear that a state which is not a state of the Church is the subject here from the fact that in this verse and those that follow in chapter the name God is used, whereas in previous verses it was Jehovah. When the Church does not exist the name God is used, but when it does exist, it is Jehovah; for example in Genesis 1, when the Church did not exist, He was called God, but in the next chapter when it did, He was called Jehovah God. 'Jehovah' is the holiest of names, and belongs to the Church alone. Not so 'God', for no nation was without gods. Consequently the same holiness was not attached to the name God. Nobody was allowed to utter the name Jehovah except him who had knowledge of the true faith; but anyone was allowed to utter the name God.