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4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
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I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)The title of this psalm gives a very uncertain sound concerning the occasion of penning it. It is upon Muth-labben , which some make to refer to the death of Goliath, others of Nabal, others of Absalom; but I incline to think it signifies only some tone, or some musical instrument, to which this psalm was intended to be sung; and that the enemies David is here triumphing in the defeat of are the P…
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