19Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. …
But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18-23)The prophet here, as sometimes before, brings in his own affairs, but very much for instruction to us. I. See here what are the common methods of the persecutors. We may see this in Jeremiah’s enemies, Jer. 18:18. 1. They laid their heads together to consult what they should do against him, both to be revenged on him for what he had said and to stop his mouth for the future: They said, Come and le…
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