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10I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
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We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-19)The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm , I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken . This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers,…
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