Trust God in spite of oppression
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| 1 ¶ <<To the chief
Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines
took him in Gath.>> Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me
up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. |
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Philistines
See 1sa27.
1 - Man The Hebrew word here is 'emosh. It pictures frail man. 1 - Oppresseth me A common thought in the psalms. 3 - When I am afraid God is our strength. |
| 4 In God I will praise
his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do
unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. |
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- What flesh can do See mt1028.
6 - Soul See on ps1610. 7 - Escape by iniquity? The Hebrew text is unclear. The word "thine" is supplied by translators. 7 so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God! (RSV) |
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¶ Thou tellest [count] my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle:
are they not in thy book?
.9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. 10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. |
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- Tears into thy bottle We serve a
loving, caring God. The idea of a "book" shows that God has a precise record.
10 - Word Compare jn1717. 11 - What man can do God surrounds His committed people and will allow no experience that is not for their ultimate good ps3407. |
| 12 Thy vows are upon
me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? |
13 - Walk ... light of the living This implies that death is darkness ps14303. |
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