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4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
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With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. …
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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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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