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2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
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Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. …
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. …
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)David here speaks for himself in the first place, professing that his joy was in God’s strength and in his salvation, and not in the strength or success of his armies. He also directs his subjects herein to rejoice with him, and to give God all the glory of the victories he had obtained; and all with an eye to Christ, of whose triumphs over the powers of darkness David’s victories were but shadows…
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