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5For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
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Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
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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