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161SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
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Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? …
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 161)David here lets us know, 1. How he was discouraged in his duty by the fear of man: Princes persecuted him . They looked upon him as a traitor and an enemy to the government, and under that notion sought his life, and bade him go serve other gods , 1 Sam. 26:19. It has been the common lot of the best men to be persecuted; and the case is the worse if princes be the persecutors, for they have not on…
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