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Let your lovingkindness be on us, Yahweh, Since we have hoped in you.
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Hope's Measure, Mercy's Flow
Commentators like Albert Barnes emphasize a profound principle: God's mercy often flows in proportion to our hope. The verse is a prayer asking for mercy "according as we have hoped." This suggests that limited expectations can lead to limited experiences of God's favor, while large, fervent hopes open the door for God to bless abundantly, as He is willing to bestow mercies to the utmost of our desires.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us – Let us find or obtain your mercy or your favor.
According as we hope in you – It may be r…
19th Century
Anglican
Hope — wait — trust. —The Hebrew language was naturally rich in words expressive of that attitud…
Baptist
Let your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in you (Psalms 33:22).
Let us each one pray that prayer now: <…
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16th Century
Protestant
Let thy mercy be on us, O Jehovah! Finally, the psalm concludes with a prayer, which the sacred writer offers in the name of all the godly…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us That is, an application of it in its effects: it is a prayer for a communication …
All the inner workings and activities of human souls, which only they themselves know, God knows better than they do. Their hearts, as well as thei…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. The title is not new. It is to the end. A psalm for David.
In the previous psalm, the psalmist addressed his justification; …
