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4Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-5)Here is, 1. The prayer the psalmist puts up for the happiness of those that are sincere and constant (Ps. 125:4): Do good, O Lord! unto those that are good . This teaches us to pray for all good people, to make supplication for all saints ; and we may pray in faith for them, being assured that those who do well shall certainly be well dealt with. Those that are as they should be shall be as they w…
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