From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
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Gill's Exposition
From men which are thy hand, O Lord,.... Some understand these words, with what follows, as independent of the former, and of another set of men, even of good men; so the Targum,
"and the righteous…
Barnes' Notes
From men which are thy hand - Margin, “From men by thy hand.” Here the rendering in the common version would be still more harsh than in the previous verse, since it is at least unusual to call men…
We may observe, in these verses,
I. What David prays for. Being compassed about with enemies that sought his life, he prays to God to preserve him safely through all their attempts against him, to the…
Cambridge Bible
from men of the world Men whose aims and pleasures belong to the -world that passeth away": those who in N.T. language are -of the world" (Joh 15:19), -sons of this age" (Luk 16:8; Luk 20:34-35), -who…
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