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7That they might set{H8799)} their hope in God, and not forget{H8799)} the works of God, but keep{H8799)} his commandments:
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)These verses, which contain the preface to this history, show that the psalm answers the title; it is indeed Maschil—a psalm to give instruction ; if we receive not the instruction it gives, it is our own fault. Here, I. The psalmist demands attention to what he wrote (Ps. 78:1): Give ear, O my people! to my law . Some make these the psalmist’s words. David, as a king, or Asaph, in his name, as hi…
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