21And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? …
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-21)Here, as before, we have, I. The prophet’s humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, “ O Lord! thou knowest ; thou knowest my sincerity, which…
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