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17Until I went{H8799)} into the sanctuary of God; then understood{H8799)} I their end.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: …
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)We have seen what a strong temptation the psalmist was in to envy prospering profaneness; now here we are told how he kept his footing and got the victory. I. He kept up a respect for God’s people, and with that he restrained himself from speaking what he had thought amiss, Ps. 73:15. He got the victory by degrees, and this was the first point he gained; he was ready to say, Verily, I have cleanse…
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