By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
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Gill's Exposition
By thee have I been holden up from the womb,.... Supported in being, upheld in life, and sustained with food and raiment, and followed with the mercies and blessings of life from thence to this…
Barnes' Notes
By thee have I been holden up from the womb - From the beginning of my existence. The “idea” in all this is, that, since God had sustained him from his earliest years - since he had shown his power in…
Two things in general David here prays for - that he might not be confounded and that his enemies and persecutors might be confounded.
I. He prays that he might never be made ashamed of his dependence…
A free imitation of Psa 22:9-10.
my hope … my trust Cp. Jer 14:8; Jer 17:7; Jer 17:13; and "Christ Jesus our hope" (1Ti 1:1).
By thee&c. Better (cp. Isa 48:2), On thee have I stayed myself from (my)…
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