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12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

Psalms 17:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 8-15)

We may observe, in these verses, I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him safely through all their attempts against him, to the crown to which he was anointed. This prayer is both a prediction of the preservation of Christ through all the hardships and difficulties of his humiliation, to the glories and joys of his exalted st...

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