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31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
Commentary
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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