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7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
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To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. …
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-8)We have here, I. The foolish wish of worldly people: There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Who will make us to see good ? What good they meant is intimated, Ps. 4:7. It was the increase of their corn and wine; all they desired was plenty of the wealth of this world, that they might enjoy abundance of the delights of sense. Thus far they are right, that they are desirous of good and so…
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