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8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. …
Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. …
Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Here is, I. Holy David himself triumphing in the interest he had in the prayers of good people (Ps. 20:6): “ Now know I (I that pen the psalm know it) that the Lord saveth his anointed , because he hath stirred up the hearts of the seed of Jacob to pray for him.” Note, It bodes well to any prince and people, and may justly be taken as a happy presage, when God pours upon them a spirit of prayer. I…
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