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13Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. …
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-18)It appears here, as often as elsewhere, that David had his heart full of the goodness of God. He loved to think of it, loved to speak of it, and was very solicitous that God might have the praise of it and others the comfort of it. The more our hearts are impressed with a sense of God’s goodness the more they will be enlarged in all manner of obedience. In these verses, I. He celebrates God’s merc…
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