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3Because of the voice of the enemy{H8802)}, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast{H8686)} iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate{H8799)} me.
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And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: …
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In these verses we have, I. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore and a relief to the spirit under every burden: Give ear to my prayer, O God ! Ps. 55:1 , 2 . He does not set down the petitions he offered up to God in his distress, but begs that God would hear the prayers which, at every period, his heart lifted up to God, and grant an answer of peace to them: Attend to me, hear me . Sau…
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