18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: …
O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. …
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-18)Here, as often before, we have the prophet retired for private meditation, and alone with God . Those ministers that would have comfort in their work must be much so. In his converse here with God and his own heart he takes the liberty which devout souls sometimes use in their soliloquies, to pass from one thing to another, without tying themselves too strictly to the laws of method and coherence.…
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