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25I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
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But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. …
Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. …
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. …
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-31)David, having denounced God’s wrath against his enemies, here takes God’s comforts to himself, but in a very humble manner, and without boasting. I. He pours out his complaint before God concerning the low condition he was in, which, probably, gave advantage to his enemies to insult over him: “ I am poor and needy , and therefore a proper object of pity, and one that needs and craves thy help.” 1.…
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