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4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. …
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)In these verses David is very earnest in prayer. I. He prays that God would graciously hear and answer him, now that, in his distress, he called upon him, Ps. 28:1 , 2 . Observe his faith in prayer: O Lord, my rock , denoting his belief of God’s power (he is a rock) and his dependence upon that power—“He is my rock , on whom I build my hope.” Observe his fervency in prayer: “ To thee will I cry ,…
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