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5There were they in great fear{H8804)}, where no fear was: for God hath scattered{H8765)} the bones of him that encampeth{H8802)} against thee: thou hast put them to shame{H8689)}, because God hath despised{H8804)} them.
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The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)This psalm was opened before, and therefore we shall here only observe, in short, some things concerning sin, in order to the increasing of our sorrow for it and hatred of it. 1. The fact of sin. Isa. that proved? Can the charge be made out? Yes, God is a witness to it, an unexceptionable witness: from the place of his holiness he looks on the children of men, and sees how little good there is amo…
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