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5Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)David here makes application to God, by faith and prayer, as his judge, his strength, his guide, his joy, his hope, with suitable affections and expressions. I. As his Judge, his righteous Judge, who he knew would judge him, and who (being conscious of his own integrity) he knew would judge for him (Ps. 43:1): Judge me, O God! and plead my cause . There were those that impeached him; against them…
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