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122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. …
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 121-122)David here appeals to God, 1. As his witness that he had not done wrong; he could truly say, “ I have done judgment and justice , that is, I have made conscience of rendering to all their due, and have not by force or fraud hindered any of their right.” Take him as a king, he executed judgment and justice to all his people , 2 Sam. 8:15. Take him in a private capacity, he could appeal to Saul hims…
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