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For I said - This is the prayer to which he referred in the previous verse. He prayed that he would not be permitted to fall away u…

Lest. —It is better to carry on the force of the particle of condition:
For I said, Lest they should rejoice over me:

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to halt…

For I said, lest they rejoice over me. Here he also confirms his faith and his earnestness in prayer from this consideration: that if he s…

For I said, [hear me]
This he had expressed in prayer to God; he had committed his cause to him, and entreated him t…

Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies…

1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes