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17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
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I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, …
Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17)We are here taught, 1. That we owe our lives to God’s mercy. David prays, Deal bountifully with me, that I may live . It was God’s bounty that gave us life, that gave us this life; and the same bounty that gave it continues it, and gives all the supports and comforts of it; if these be withheld, we die, or, which is equivalent, our lives are embittered and we become weary of them. If God deals in…
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