10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10)Here is, 1. God’s sufficiency for the saints: His name is a strong tower for them, in which they may take rest when they are weary and take sanctuary when they are pursued, where they may be lifted up above their enemies and fortified against them. There is enough in God, and in the discoveries which he has made of himself to us, to make us easy at all times. The wealth laid up in this tower is en…
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