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7The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
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The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
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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