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58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
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VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 58)David, having in the foregoing verse reflected upon his covenants with God, here reflects upon his prayers to God, and renews his petition. Observe, 1. What he prayed for. Having taken God for his portion, he entreated his favour , as one that knew he had forfeited it, was unworthy of it, and yet undone without it, but for ever happy if he could obtain it. We cannot demand God’s favour as a debt,…
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