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3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. …
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)It was the laudable practice of the pious Jews, and, though not expressly appointed, yet allowed and accepted, when they had built a new house, to dedicate it to God , Deut. 20:5. David did so when his house was built, and he took possession of it (2 Sam. 5:11); for royal palaces do as much need God’s protection, and are as much bound to be at his service, as ordinary houses. Note, The houses we d…
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