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6Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
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Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. …
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. …
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. …
From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)Here the psalmist further magnifies the great deliverance God had lately wrought for them. I. That their hearts might be the more enlarged in thankfulness to him (Ps. 124:6): Blessed be the Lord . God is the author of all our deliverances, and therefore he must have the glory of them. We rob him of his due if we do not return thanks to him. And we are the more obliged to praise him because we had…
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