from the beginning] Heb. from then. See vers. 3. Psalm. 93. 2. before it came to passe] He foretelleth their deliverance long before; and by whom it should be effected; that it might not, when it came to passe, be ascribed unto any other. I shewed it thee] Heb. made thee to hear. Vers. 3. hath commanded them] Or, given them in charge. Chap. 38. 1. and 45. 11.