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7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
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And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)David here tells us what he said when he stretched forth his hands unto God; he begins not only as one in earnest, but as one in haste: “ Hear me speedily , and defer no longer, for my spirit faileth . I am just ready to faint; reach the cordial—quickly, quickly, or I am gone.” It was not a haste of unbelief, but of vehement desire and holy love. Make haste, O God! to help me . Three things David…
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