The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him,.... With a filial and godly fear; that serve and worship him, privately and publicly, with reverence and love: as, appears by the goodness he lays up…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him - In those who truly worship him, however humble, poor, and unknown to people they may be; however unostentatious, retired, unnoticed may be their…
Here, I. The duty of praise is recommended to us. It is not without reason that we are thus called to it again and again: Praise you the Lord (Psa 147:1), and again (Psa 147:7), Sing unto the Lord…
Cambridge Bible
those that hope in his mercy Or, those that wait for his loving-kindness.
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