28And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-29)We have here the solemn address David made to God, in answer to the gracious message God had sent him. We are not told what he said to Nathan; no doubt he received him very kindly and respectfully as God’s messenger. But his answer to God he took himself, and did not send by Nathan. When ministers deliver God’s message to us, it is not to them, but to God, that our hearts must reply; he understand…
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