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2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
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Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled under humbling providences, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent on purpose to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Those heap up wrath who cry not when God binds them; but those are getting ready for mercy who, under God’s rebukes, sow in tears, as David does here. Let us observe here, I. The representation he…
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