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For he has delivered me out of all trouble. My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.
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A Godly View of Victory
Commentators clarify that seeing one's 'desire' on enemies is not about malicious glee. Rather, it's about rejoicing in God's justice and the confirmation of one's own deliverance. Albert Barnes compares it to being thankful for freedom without taking sinful pleasure in the downfall of those who opposed it. The focus is on God's righteous act of salvation, not personal revenge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For he has delivered me out of all trouble – This is spoken either in confident expectation of what would be, or as the statement o…
19th Century
Anglican
This verse does not actually state what has happened, but, according to a well-known Hebrew idiom, should be rendered, When he shall have deliv…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For he has delivered me out of all trouble As he desired, (1 Samuel 26:24); that is, out of all his pres…
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Behold, God is my Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is to us only what God makes it to…
13th Century
Catholic
God, in your name. In previous psalms, the psalmist showed the great evil of sins regarding the inclination to sin and conte…