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5There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
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His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. …
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-7)In these verses the psalmist endeavours, I. To convince sinners of the evil and danger of the way they are in, how secure soever they are in that way. Three things he shows them, which, it may be, they are not very willing to see—their wickedness, their folly, and their danger, while they are apt to believe themselves very wise, and good, and safe. See here, 1. Their wickedness. This is described…
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