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3Lift up{H8685)} thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy{H8802)} hath done wickedly{H8689)} in the sanctuary.
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Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)This psalm is entitled Maschil—a psalm to give instruction , for it was penned in a day of affliction, which is intended for instruction; and this instruction in general it gives us, That when we are, upon any account, in distress, it is our wisdom and duty to apply to God by faithful and fervent prayer, and we shall not find it in vain to do so. Three things the people of God here complain of:— I…
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