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5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; …
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; …
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Shiggaion is a song or psalm (the word is used so only here and Hab. 3:1) --a wandering song (so some), the matter and composition of the several parts being different, but artificially put together—a charming song (so others), very delightful. David not only penned it, but sang it himself in a devout religious manner unto the Lord, concerning the words or affairs of Cush the Benjamite , that is,…
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