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68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, …
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 68)Here, 1. David praises God’s goodness and gives him the glory of it: Thou art good and doest good . All who have any knowledge of God and dealings with him wilt own that he does good, and therefore will conclude that he is good. The streams of God’s goodness are so numerous, and run so full, so strong, to all the creatures, that we must conclude the fountain that is in himself to be inexhaustible.…
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