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16Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
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The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? …
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-20)David here fastens upon some one particular person that was worse than the rest of his enemies, and the ringleader of them, and in a devout and pious manner, not from a principle of malice and revenge, but in a holy zeal for God and against sin and with an eye to the enemies of Christ, particularly Judas who betrayed him, whose sin was greater than Pilate’s that condemned him (John 19:11), he impr…
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