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51Wherewith thine enemies{H8802)} have reproached{H8765)}, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached{H8765)} the footsteps of thine anointed.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. …
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
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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