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- Chapter 59
- Verse 9
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Gill's Exposition
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee,.... Either because of the strength of Saul, who was stronger than David, he determined to wait upon the Lord for salvation and deliverance from him; or…
Barnes' Notes
Because of his strength will I wait upon thee - literally, “His strength - I will wait upon thee.” The reference here is not to the strength or power of God, as if the fact that “He” was powerful was…
David here encourages himself, in reference to the threatening power of his enemies, with a pious resolution to wait upon God and a believing expectation that he should yet praise him.
I. He resolves…
Cambridge Bible
O my strength, unto thee will I watch:
For God is my high tower.
His enemies are -strong" (Psa 59:59); but God is his strength; they watch his house (title), but he will -watch unto God," waiting in…
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