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11Slay{H8799)} them not, lest my people forget{H8799)}: scatter{H8685)} them by thy power; and bring them down{H8685)}, O Lord our shield.
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But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him. I. He resolves to wait upon God (Ps. 59:9): “ Because of his strength ” (either the strength of his enemies, the fear of which drove him to God, or because of God’s strength, the hope of which drew him to God) “ Wil…
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