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16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
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O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-22)David, encouraged by the promises he had been meditating upon, here renews his addresses to God, and concludes the psalm, as he began, with professions of dependence upon God and desire towards him. I. He lays open before God the calamitous condition he was in. His feet were in the net, held fast and entangled, so that he could not extricate himself out of his difficulties, Ps. 25:15. He was desol…
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