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1A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. …
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. …
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)We are here taught to have a continual regard to the divine Providence in all the concerns of this life. Solomon was cried up for a wise man, and would be apt to lean to his own understanding and forecast, and therefore his father teaches him to look higher, and to take God along with him in his undertakings. He was to be a man of business, and therefore David instructed him how to manage his busi…
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