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95The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
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My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. …
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 95)Here, 1. David complains of the malice of his enemies: The wicked (and none but such would be enemies to so good a man) have waited for me to destroy me . They were very cruel, and aimed at no less than his destruction; they were very crafty, and sought all opportunities to do him a mischief; and they were confident (they expected , so some read it), that they should destroy him; they thought them…
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