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But as for me, in the abundance of your lovingkindness I will come into your house: I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.
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Access by Mercy Alone
Commentators unanimously highlight that David's confidence in approaching God is not based on his own righteousness but solely on the "abundance" of God's mercy. This serves as a powerful reminder for believers that our access to God's presence is a gift of grace, not something we earn through our own merits.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But as for me - While it is their characteristic that they are wicked and have no desire to serve God; and while with such characteristics t…
19th Century
Anglican
House ... temple. —These words must certainly be taken literally, and not, as Hupfeld suggests, metaphorically, or in a spiritual …
Baptist
But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy:
"I will be like a child who goes in and out of his fathe…
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16th Century
Protestant
Some think that the word and, by which this sentence is joined to the preceding, is used for 'but'; as if David, comparing himself with th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But as for me, I will come [into] your house The tabernacle of Moses, sometimes called the house of God, ([Reference…
David often prayed alone, yet he was very consistent in attending public worship. The mercy of God should always be the foundation of both our hope…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist openly prayed against his persecutors; here he prays against the deceitful, that he may not be misled.
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