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66:8-12 Let All Peoples Bless the God Who Has Preserved Us! The song moves on to the ways in which God has preserved Israel (us) through all manner of trials, without dwelling on whether those trials were brought on by Israel's own unfaithfulness (as in Judges) or by God's mysterious purposes (as in Ps. 44:17-22). Strikingly, God has brought Israel through all these, to a place of abundance, and the call goes out to the Gentiles, Bless our God, O peoples! God has chosen his people to be the vehicle by which light comes to the whole world, and thus the preserving of Israel is crucial to all mankind. Gentile Christians can see themselves as part of the fruition of all that God has done for Israel.