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7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-13)The psalmist, having meditated on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the vanity and vexation of spirit that attend all the comforts of life, here, in these verses, turns his eyes and heart heaven-ward. When there is no solid satisfaction to be had in the creature it is to be found in God, and in communion with him; and to him we should be driven by our disappointments in the world. David h…
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