9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. …
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. …
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here Hannah’s thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before (1 Sam. 1:11), and here we have her return of praise; in both out of the abundance of a heart deeply affected (in the former with her own wants, and in the latter with God’s goodness) her mouth spoke . Observe in general, 1. When she ha…
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