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171My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. …
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 171)Here is, 1. A great favour which David expects from God, that he will teach him his statutes . This he had often prayed for in this psalm, and urged his petition for it with various arguments; and now that he is drawing towards the close of the psalm he speaks of it as taken for granted. Those that are humbly earnest with God for his grace, and resolve with Jacob that they will not let him go unle…
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