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46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide{H8735)} thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn{H8799)} like fire?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-52)In these verses we have, I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David’s family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. “Thou saidst thou wouldst not take away thy lovingkindness, but thou hast cast off .” Sometimes, it is no easy thing to reconcile God’s providences with his promises, and yet we are sure they are reconcilable…
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