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2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found{H8800)} to be hateful{H8800)}.
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And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. …
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord ; why in this, and not in any other, except in Ps. 18:1 ( title ), no reason can be given; but so he was, not only as every good man is God’s servant, but as a king, as a prophet, as one employed in serving the interests of God’s kingdom among men more immediately and more eminently than any other in his day. He glories in it, Ps…
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