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11Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
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Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; …
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: …
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-15)The method is the same in this latter part of the psalm as in the former; David first gives glory to God and then begs mercy from him. I. He praises God for the experiences he had had of his goodness to him and the encouragements he had to expect further mercy from him, Ps. 144:9 , 10 . In the midst of his complaints concerning the power and treachery of his enemies, here is a holy exultation in h…
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