24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-36)Here the clouds begin to disperse and the sky to clear up; the complaint was very melancholy in the former part of the chapter, and yet here the tune is altered and the mourners in Zion begin to look a little pleasant. But for hope, the heart would break. To save the heart from being quite broken, here is something called to mind , which gives ground for hope (Lam. 3:21), which refers to what come…
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