The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me,.... Or "will", or "may the Lord perform for me" (x): all things in providence; all that he had appointed for him, that would be for his good and his own…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me - He will complete what he has begun. He will not begin to interpose in my behalf, and then abandon me. He will not promise to save me, and then fail to…
David here comforts himself with three things: -
I. The favour God bears to his humble people (Psa 138:6): Though the Lord be high, and neither needs any of his creatures nor can be benefited by…
Cambridge Bible
will perfect that which concerneth me Will accomplish His promises and purposes for me. Cp. Psa 57:2; Php 1:6 (ἐπιτελεῖν is the word used in Aquila's version here).
forsake not the works of thine own…
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