18Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-19)Within the compass of these few lines we have the prophet in the highest degree both of trembling and triumphing, such are the varieties both of the state and of the spirit of God’s people in this world. In heaven there shall be no more trembling, but everlasting triumphs. I. The prophet had foreseen the prevalence of the church’s enemies and the long continuance of the church’s troubles; and the…
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