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17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing{H8762)}: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. …
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
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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