18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-22)We have here, I. The solemn address which David made to God upon occasion of the noble subscriptions of the princes towards the building of the temple (1 Chron. 29:10): Wherefore David blessed the Lord , not only alone in his closet, but before all the congregation . This I expected when we read (1 Chron. 29:9) that David rejoiced with great joy ; for such a devout man as he would no doubt make th…
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