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17Shew{H8798)} me a token for good; that they which hate{H8802)} me may see{H8799)} it, and be ashamed{H8799)}: because thou, LORD, hast holpen{H8804)} me, and comforted{H8765)} me.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. …
And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. …
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. …
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)David is here going on in his prayer. I. He gives glory to God; for we ought in our prayers to praise him, ascribing kingdom, power, and glory, to him, with the most humble and reverent adorations. 1. As a being of unparalleled perfection, such a one that there is none like him nor any to be compared with him, Ps. 86:8. Among the gods , the false gods, whom the heathens worshipped, the angels, the…
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