13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
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Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-17)David is here under the rod for numbering the people, that rod of correction which drives out the foolishness that is bound up in the heart, the foolishness of pride. Let us briefly observe, I. How he was corrected. If God’s dearest children do amiss, they must expect to smart for it. 1. He is given to understand that God is displeased; and that it is no small uneasiness to so good a man as David,…
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