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Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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God's Presence Overpowers Fear
Commentators unanimously affirm the verse's core message: when God is on your side, the ultimate power of any human threat is nullified. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that people can only act within the limits God permits. This truth is meant to replace fear with a profound sense of security, echoing the Apostle Paul's words in Romans 8:31, 'If God is for us, who can be against us?'
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Lord is on my side - Margin, as in Hebrew, "for me." The Lord is with me. He is my helper. He defends my cause.
I…
19th Century
Anglican
A reminiscence of Psalms 56:9-11.
Baptist
The LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
"What is man? …
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16th Century
Protestant
Jehovah is with me among those who help me. Confiding solely in God’s help, he defies not just a few enemies, but the whole world. “Defend…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord [is] on my sideF19; he was on the side of David, hence all his prosperity and victories, the wonderfu…
The account the psalmist here gives of his troubles is very applicable to Christ: many hated him without a cause; indeed, the Lord himself chastene…
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