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13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled{H8765)} my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned{H8799)} into mine own bosom.
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When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. …
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)Two very wicked things David here lays to the charge of his enemies, to make good his appeal to God against them—perjury and ingratitude. I. Perjury, Ps. 35:11. When Saul would have David attainted of treason, in order to his being outlawed, perhaps he did it with the formalities of a legal prosecution, produced witnesses who swore some treasonable words or overt acts against him, and he being not…
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