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9When I cry{H8799)} unto thee, then shall mine enemies{H8802)} turn{H8799)} back: this I know{H8804)}; for God is for me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. …
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Several things David here comforts himself with in the day of his distress and fear. I. That God took particular notice of all his grievances and all his griefs, Ps. 56:8. 1. Of all the inconveniences of his state: Thou tellest my wanderings , my flittings , so the old translation. David was now but a young (under thirty) and yet he had had many removes, from his father’s house to the court, thenc…
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