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144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 143-144)These two verses are almost a repetition of the two foregoing verses, but with improvement. 1. David again professes his constant adherence to God and his duty, notwithstanding the many difficulties and discouragements he met with. He had said (Ps. 119:141), I am small and despised , and yet adhere to my duty. Here he finds himself not only mean, but miserable, as far as this world could make him…
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