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1To the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Shushaneduth, Michtam of David, to teach{H8763)}; when he strove{H8687)} with Aramnaharaim and with Aramzobah, when Joab returned{H8799)}, and smote{H8686)} of Edom in the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, thou hast cast us off{H8804)}, thou hast scattered{H8804)} us, thou hast been displeased{H8804)}; O turn thyself to us again{H8787)}.
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Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. …
David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. …
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)The title gives us an account, 1. Of the general design of the psalm. It is Michtam—David’s jewel , and it is to teach . The Levites must teach it to the people, and by it teach them both to trust in God and to triumph in him; we must, in it, teach ourselves and one another. In a day of public rejoicing we have need to be taught to direct our joy to God and to terminate it in him, to give none of…
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