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5Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
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And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; …
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Faith and prayer must go together. He that believes, let his pray— I believe, therefore I have spoken : and he that prays, let him believe, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. We have both here. I. David, in distress, is very earnest with God in prayer for succour and relief. This eases a burdened spirit, fetches in promised mercies, and wonderfully supports and comforts the soul in…
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