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3But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: …
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. …
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The title of the psalm acquaints us that David, having penned it by divine inspiration for the use of the church, delivered it to the chief musician, or master of the song, who (according to the divine appointment of psalmody made in his time, which he was chiefly instrumental in the establishment of) presided in that service. We have a particular account of the constitution, the modelling of the…
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