He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. This verse reasserts exclusive covenantal monotheism—the God confessed here is 'our God,' bound by particular relationship to the community. The claim that 'his judgments are in all the earth' expands God's authority beyond Israel to encompass all creation, holding all peoples and powers accountable to divine righteousness. The simultaneity of particularism (our God) and universalism (all the earth) establishes the foundation for the historical recitation that follows.

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