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48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man;
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
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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