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2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
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If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: …
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, …
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)This prayer for David is entitled a psalm of David ; nor was it any absurdity at all for him who was divinely inspired to draw up a directory, or form of prayer, to be used in the congregation for himself and those in authority under him; nay it is very proper for those who desire the prayers of their friends to tell them particularly what they would have to be asked of God for them. Note, Even gr…
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