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7How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
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For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-12)David, having looked round with grief upon the wickedness of the wicked, here looks up with comfort upon the goodness of God, a subject as delightful as the former was distasteful and very proper to be set in the balance against it. Observe, I. His meditations upon the grace of God. He sees the world polluted, himself endangered, and God dishonoured, by the transgressions of the wicked; but, of a…
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