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26My flesh and my heart faileth{H8804)}: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. …
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. …
In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
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.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-28)Behold Samson’s riddle again unriddled, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong sweetness ; for we have here an account of the good improvement which the psalmist made of that sore temptation with which he had been assaulted and by which he was almost overcome. He that stumbles and does not fall, by recovering himself takes so much the longer steps forward. It was so with the psalm…
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