The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord is my strength,.... That is, the author both of natural and spiritual strength; that gave him strength of body, and fortitude of mind, to bear up under all the exercises he was tried with;…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord is my strength - See the notes at Psa 18:1. And my shield - See the notes at Psa 3:3. Compare Psa 33:20; Psa 59:11; Psa 84:9; Psa 89:18; Gen 15:1. My heart trusted in him - I trusted or…
In these verses,
I. David gives God thanks for the audience of his prayers as affectionately as a few verses before he had begged it: Blessed be the Lord, Psa 28:6. How soon are the saints' sorrows…
Cambridge Bible
my strength Cp. Exo 15:2. my shield See note on Psa 3:3.
trusted Better as R.V., hath trusted.
greatly rejoiceth Exulteth. Cp. Psa 5:11; 1Sa 2:1.
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