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36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
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When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-50)In these verses, I. David looks back, with thankfulness, upon the great things which God had done for him. He had not only wrought deliverance for him, but had given him victory and success, and made him triumph over those who thought to triumph over him. When we set ourselves to praise God for one mercy we must be led by that to observe the many more with which we have been compassed about, and f…
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