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19For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
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Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; …
Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Many exceedingly great and precious comforts are here thought of, and mustered up, to balance the foregoing complaints; for unto the upright there arises light in the darkness , so that, though they are cast down, they are not in despair. It is bad with the psalmist himself, bad with the people of God; but he has many considerations to revive himself with. I. We are dying creatures, and our intere…
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