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7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-12)We have, in these verses, an account of three several states that David was in successively, and of the workings of his heart towards God in each of those states—what he said and did, and how his heart stood affected; in the first of these we may see what we are too apt to be, and in the other two what we should be. I. He had long enjoyed prosperity, and then he grew secure and over-confident of t…
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