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13741 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 520.11 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of his recovery, (1.) That it would be a disappointment to his adversaries; they would be crest-fallen and wretchedly ashamed, and there would be no …
13742 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 520.12 (Matthew Henry)
… great comfort to us that, however weak we are, God is able to uphold us in our integrity, and will do it if we commit the keeping of it to him. (4.) If the grace of God did …
13743 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.4 (Matthew Henry)
… inward comfort he used to have in God. He now went mourning, but he went on panting. Note, If God, by his grace, has wrought in us sincere and earnest desires towards …
13744 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.5 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of his Spirit, and the earnests of his glory.” (2.) He has, herein, an eye to God as the living God, that has life in himself, and is the fountain of life and …
13745 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.7 (Matthew Henry)
… the comforts of God’s house. His tears were mingled with his meat; nay, they were his meat day and night; he fed, he feasted, upon his own tears, when there was such …
13746 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.9 (Matthew Henry)
… most comfortably in solemn assemblies.
13747 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.10 (Matthew Henry)
… have comfort in him. We shall praise him for the help of his countenance, for his favour, the support we have by it and the satisfaction we have in it. Those that …
13748 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.11 (Matthew Henry)
Complaints and comforts here, as before, take their turn, like day and night in the course of nature.
13749 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.12 (Matthew Henry)
… was comforted, and therefore had recourse to that expedient now. He was now driven to the utmost borders of the land of Canaan, to shelter himself there from …
13750 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.13 (Matthew Henry)
II. He complains of the tokens of God’s displeasure against him, but comforts himself with the hopes of the return of his favour in due time.
13751 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.15 (Matthew Henry)
… our comforts; and therefore to whom should we apply by prayer, but to him? And from him what good may not we expect? It would put life into our prayers in them to …
13752 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.16 (Matthew Henry)
III. He complains of the insolence of his enemies, and yet comforts himself in God as his friend, Psalms 42:9-42:11
13753 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 521.18 (Matthew Henry)
… . His comfort is that God is his rock ( Psalms 42:9 ) --a rock to build upon, a rock to take shelter in. The rock of ages, in whom is everlasting strength, would be his rock …
13754 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 522.4 (Matthew Henry)
… cannot comfort ourselves in God, we may stay ourselves upon him, and may have spiritual supports when we want spiritual delights. David here pleads this with …
13755 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 522.5 (Matthew Henry)
… family-comforts, his court-preferments, or his diversions; he could bear the want of these, but he is impatient to see God’s tabernacles again; nothing so amiable …
13756 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 522.6 (Matthew Henry)
… our comforts in him must be the matter of our praises to him as God, and our God: Upon the harp will I praise thee, O God! my God. David excelled at the harp ( 1 Samuel …
13757 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 523.1 (Matthew Henry)
… and comforts of Christians, why should we not have one pointing at their trials and exercises? It is a psalm calculated for a day of fasting and humiliation …
13758 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 523.3 (Matthew Henry)
… and comfortable expectations with his record of former mercies. Observe,
13759 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 523.7 (Matthew Henry)
… more comfort it administers to us, that we may see all our successes and enlargements coming to us from the favour of God and the light of his countenance. [2 …
13760 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 523.13 (Matthew Henry)
… the comfort of his name, let them give unto him the glory due to it.