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8Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. …
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. …
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)In these verses we have Solomon’s address to God for his favour to him and to his government, and his acceptance of his building a house to God’s name. Observe, I. What he pleads—two things:— 1. That what he had done was in pursuance of the pious vow which his father David had made to build a house for God. Solomon was a wise man, yet pleads not any merit of his own: “I am not worthy, for whom tho…
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