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2From the end of the earth will I cry{H8799)} unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed{H8800)}: lead{H8686)} me to the rock that is higher{H8799)} than I.
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The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; …
He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)In these verses we may observe, I. David’s close adherence and application to God by prayer in the day of his distress and trouble: “Whatever comes, I will cry unto thee (Ps. 61:2), --not cry unto other gods, but to thee only,—not fall out with thee because thou afflictest me, but still look unto thee, and wait upon thee,—not speak to thee in a cold and careless manner, but cry to thee with the gr…
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