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8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)David here comforts himself with three things:— I. The favour God bears to his humble people (Ps. 138:6): Though the Lord be high , and neither needs any of his creatures nor can be benefited by them, yet has he respect unto the lowly , smiles upon them as well pleased with them, overlooks heaven and earth to cast a gracious look upon them ( Isa. 57:15 ; 66:1 ), and, sooner or later, he will put h…
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