![]() Repeats his profession of that confidence, still presenting the profession of it to God and pleading it with him. How David professes his confidence in God, and with what pleasure and grateful variety of expression he With this petition every true believer may come boldly to the throne of grace for God will neverĭisappoint the hope that is of his own raising. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence upon God nor disappointed in hisīelieving expectations from him. Two things in general David here prays for-that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and Soul let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. 13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my Not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. 10 For mine enemies speak against me and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,ġ1 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him for there is none to deliver him. 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age forsake me not With thy praise and with thy honour all the day. 7 I am as a wonder unto many but thou art my strong refuge. 5įor thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.Ħ By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall beĬontinually of thee. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. Habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me for thou art my rock and myįortress. David Professes His Confidence in God Believing Prayers.ġ In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.Ģ Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Singing of it, we too should have our faith in God encouraged and our hearts raised in blessing his holy name. He is in an ecstasy of joyful praise and, in the Never were his joys and thanksgivings more enlarged, Never was his hope moreĮstablished, ver 16, 18, 20, 21. He concludes the psalm with believing praises ( ver 14, etc.). ( ver 1, 3, 5, 7), the experience he had had of help from God ( ver 6), and the malice of his enemies against Save him ( ver 2, 4), and not cast him off ( ver 9) orīe far from him ( ver 12), and that his enemies might be put to shame, ver 13. He begins the psalm with believing prayers, with prayers that God would deliver him and Use of the old disciples of Jesus Christ. Their afflictions, especially those they meet with in their declining years for this psalm, above any other, is fitted for the But he is not over-particular in representing his case, because he intended it for the general use of God's people in Insurrection, or some trouble that happened to him in that part of his life of which it was foretold that the sword should not departįrom his house. Penned at the time of Absalom's rebellion for that was the great trouble of his later days. David penned this psalm in his old age, as appears by several passages in it, which makes many think that it was ![]()
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