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5I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
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He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. …
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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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