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7Will the Lord cast off{H8799)} for ever? and will{H8686)} he be favourable{H8800)} no more?
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. …
Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: …
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here the lively portraiture of a good man under prevailing melancholy, fallen into and sinking in that horrible pit and that miry clay, but struggling to get out. Drooping saints, that are of a sorrowful spirit, may here as in a glass see their own faces. The conflict which the psalmist had with his griefs and fears seems to have been over when he penned this record of it; for he says (Ps.…
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