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27Let them shout for joy, and be glad{H8799)}, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say{H8799)} continually, Let the LORD be magnified{H8799)}, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
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And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. …
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-28)In these verses, as before, I. David describes the great injustice, malice, and insolence, of his persecutors, pleading this with God as a reason why he should protect him from them and appear against them. 1. They were very unrighteous; they were his enemies wrongfully, for he never gave them any provocation: They hated h 2be1 im without a cause ; nay, for that for which they ought rather to have…
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