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5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
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And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; …
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. …
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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