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1A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
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Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)In these verses we have, I. David’s representation of his case to God, setting forth the restless rage and malice of his persecutors. He was God’s servant, expressly appointed by him to be what he was, followed his guidance, and aimed at his glory in the way of duty, had lived (as St. Paul speaks) in all good conscience before God unto this day ; and yet there were those that strove with him, that…
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