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9Behold{H8798)}, O God our shield, and look{H8685)} upon the face of thine anointed.
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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Here, I. The psalmist prays for audience and acceptance with God, not mentioning particularly what he desired God would do for him. He needed to say no more when he had professed such an affectionate esteem for the ordinances of God, which now he was restrained and banished from. All his desire was, in that profession, plainly before God, and his longing, his groaning, was not hidden from him; the…
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