7Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
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A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. …
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? …
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. …
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. …
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here the apostle proves that Abraham was justified not by works, but by faith. Those that of all men contended most vigorously for a share in righteousness by the privileges they enjoyed, and the works they performed, were the Jews, and therefore he appeals to the case of Abraham their father, and puts his own name to the relation, being a Hebrew of the Hebrews: Abraham our father . Now surely his…
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