11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Wisdom is here introduced as a magnificent and munificent queen, very great and very generous; that Word of God is this Wisdom in which God makes known his goodwill towards men; God the Word is this Wisdom, to whom the Father has committed all judgment. He who, in the chapter before, showed his grandeur and glory as the Creator of the world, here shows his grace and goodness as the Redeemer of it.…
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