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For you have maintained my right and my cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
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God, the Righteous Judge
Commentators unanimously highlight that God's support for David was not arbitrary favoritism but the action of a righteous judge. Albert Barnes and John Calvin explain that God, from His throne, assessed the merits of the case and sided with David because his cause was just. This reveals that God's intervention is principled and rooted in His unchanging, righteous character.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you have maintained my right and my cause – My righteous cause; that is, when he was unequally attacked. When his enemies came …
19th Century
Anglican
Thou hast maintained my right. —Literally, thou hast made my judgment, as the Septuagint and Vulgate. For this confidence in the …
Baptist
One of our noblemen has this for his motto, "I will maintain it," but the Christian has a far better one: You have maintained my right. If…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Psalmist proceeds a step further in the 4th verse, declaring that God stretched forth his hand to give him help, because he was unrighteously a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you have maintained my right and my cause Or vindicated and established his righteous cause; God had pleaded and…
If we are to praise God acceptably, we must praise Him in sincerity, with our whole heart. When we give thanks for a particular mercy, we should re…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the previous psalm, the author gave thanks for the favors given to the whole human race. Now, in this psalm, he gives thanks specifica…
