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109My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
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And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 109-110)Here is, 1. David in danger of losing his life. There is but a step between him and death, for the wicked have laid a snare for him; Saul did so many a time, because he hated him for his piety. Wherever he was he found some design or other laid against him to take away his life, for it was that they aimed at. What they could not effect by open force they hoped to compass by treachery, which made h…
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