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3Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort{H8800)}: thou hast given commandment{H8765)} to save{H8687)} me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.
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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.
Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. …
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Two things in general David here prays for—that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded. I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in his believing expectations from him. With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace; for God will never disappoint the hope that is of his ow…
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