"He trusts in Yahweh; Let him deliver him; Let him rescue him, since he delights in him."

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him - The margin reads, He rolled himself on the Lord. This marginal note expresses th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

He trusted.—The Septuagint renders it this way . So, too, Ewald among moderns. But generally, the form gol (short for

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

A reproach of men, and despised of the people. All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

He trusted on the Lord, [that] he would deliver him
Not that they spoke in a deriding way of the object of his trust…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The Spirit of Christ, who was in the prophets, testifies clearly and fully in this psalm to the sufferings of Christ and the glory that would follo…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. In the previous psalms, the sufferings which David endured from his son and from Saul seemed to be addre ed. Now here, in the third set o…

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