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3I have made{H8804)} a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn{H8738)} unto David my servant,
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The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, …
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. …
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)The psalmist has a very sad complaint to make of the deplorable condition of the family of David at this time, and yet he begins the psalm with songs of praise; for we must, in every thing, in every state, give thanks; thus we must glorify the Lord in the fire. We think, when we are in trouble, that we get ease by complaining; but we do more—we get joy, by praising. Let our complaints therefore be…
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