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Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

To you I will cry - That is, under the consciousness of the danger to which I am exposed - the danger of being drawn away into the society o…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

My rock. —Hebrew, tsûr, from a root implying “bind together” (Deuteronomy 14:25), not nece arily therefore wi…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Oh! if God did not hear prayer, we should become like dead men – indeed, like lost men. Our fall or despair would be terrible indeed.

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John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Unto you, O Jehovah! I will cry. The Psalmist begins by declaring that he would turn to the help of God alone, which shows both his faith …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Unto you will I cry
This denotes the distress the psalmist was in, fervency and ardour in prayer, resolution to cont…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest until the…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. In the previous psalm, the psalmist showed the trust he had in God; now he adds a psalm of prayer so that he might not fail in that trust…

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