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5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
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The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. …
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.
And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The psalmist here, being by force restrained from waiting upon God in public ordinances, by the want of them is brought under a more sensible conviction than ever of the worth of them. Observe, I. The wonderful beauty he saw in holy institutions (Ps. 84:1): How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts ! Some think that he here calls God the Lord of hosts (that is, in a special manner of the an…
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