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134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. …
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. …
That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, …
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 134)Here, 1. David prays that he might live a quiet and peaceable life, and might not be harassed and discomposed by those that studied to be vexatious: “ Deliver me from the oppression of man —man, whom God can control, and whose power is limited. Let them know themselves to be but men (Ps. 9:20), and let me be delivered out of the hands of my enemies, that I may serve God without fear; so will I kee…
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