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14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
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My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)God’s glory, (that is, his goodness to man) appears much in the works of creation, but much more in and by divine revelation. The holy scripture, as it is a rule both of our duty to God and of our expectation from him, is of much greater use and benefit to us than day or night, than the air we breathe in, or the light of the sun. The discoveries made of God by his works might have served if man ha…
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