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134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:134

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Cross-References

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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