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1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. …
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The psalmist begins with a call to us to praise God, but immediately applies himself to praise the people of God; for whatever glory is acknowledged to be on them it comes from God, and must return to him; as he is their praise, so they are his. We have reason to praise the Lord that there are a people in the world who fear him and serve him, and that they are a happy people, both which are owing…
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