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David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
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Trusting God's Mercy
When faced with three terrible options, David chose to place himself and his people directly into God's hands. All the commentators agree that this was because he knew God's "mercies are great," whereas punishment from human enemies would be cruel, triumphant, and without compassion.
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19th Century
Anglican
Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord. Here the spirit of David in his earlier years reappears; he chooses that form …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait Not knowing well which to choose, each of them being so grievous, and …
Presbyterian
It is well, when a person has sinned, if they have a heart within to convict them for it. If we confess our sins, we may pray in faith that God wou…
