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4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. …
Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
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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