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5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)From three very comfortable premises David, in this psalm, draws three very comfortable conclusions, and teaches us to do so too. We are saved by hope, and that hope will not make us ashamed, because it is well grounded. It is the duty of Christians to encourage themselves in the Lord their God; and we are here directed to take that encouragement both from the relation wherein he stands to us and…
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