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12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
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For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. …
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)In Ps. 5:7-12 David gives three characters—of himself, of his enemies, and of all the people of God, and subjoins a prayer to each of them. I. He gives an account of himself and prays for himself, Ps. 5:7 , 8 . 1. He is stedfastly resolved to keep closely to God and to his worship. Sinners go away from God, and so make themselves odious to his holiness and obnoxious to his justice: “ But, as for m…
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