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4How long shall they utter{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} hard things? and all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity boast{H8691)} themselves?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, …
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)In these verses we have, I. A solemn appeal to God against the cruel oppressors of his people, Ps. 94:1 , 2 . This speaks terror enough to them, that they have the prayers of God’s people against them, who cry day and night to him to avenge them of their adversaries; and shall he not avenge them speedily? Luke 18:3 , 7 . Observe here, 1. The titles they give to God for the encouraging of their fai…
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