6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
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What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. …
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? …
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here we have, I. The descent which the Amalekites made upon Ziklag in David’s absence, and the desolations they made there. They surprised the city when it was left unguarded, plundered it, burnt it, and carried all the women and children captives, 1 Sam. 30:1 , 2 . They intended, by this to revenge the like havoc that David had lately made of them and their country, 1 Sam. 27:8. He that had made…
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