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14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. …
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
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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