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5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
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They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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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