8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; …
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)Let us observe here, I. How desirous and solicitous good people should be to serve the interests of God’s kingdom in the world, to the utmost of their capacity. David could not be easy in a house of cedar while the ark was lodged within curtains, 1 Chron. 17:1. The concerns of the public should always be near our hearts. What pleasure can we take in our own prosperity if we see not the good of Jer…
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