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4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. …
O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the times of old. And, upon the review, it is found, 1. That the church has been often greatly distressed by its enemies on earth: Israel may now say , “I am the people that has been oppressed more than an…
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