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18Our heart is not turned{H8738)} back, neither have our steps declined{H8799)} from thy way;
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The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to:— 1. That, though they suffered these hard things, yet they kept close to God and to their duty (Ps. 44:17): “ All th…
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