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4Deliver{H8761)} me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous{H8764)} and cruel man{H8802)}.

Psalms 71:4

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. …

  • To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; …

  • Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, …

  • Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:

  • Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: …

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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