For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be trapped in their pride. For the cursing and lies that they utter,
David's house was under siege, every escape blocked by Saul's soldiers sent to kill him. His wife Michal contrived the deception that saved him that night, but he rested his hope on God alone; without the wonderful preservation of the Lord, no human artifice could have delivered him from certain death.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:1-17
For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride. Such dreadful language of atheism and insolence deserves a fit return. As they hope to take their victims, so let them be taken themselves, entangled in their own net, arrested in the midst of their boastful security. Sins of the lips are real sins, and punishable sins.
In danger, I will wait upon God as my defence and high place. The God of my mercy will prevent my fears and prayers, being better to me than my own expectations. What mercy there is in God is laid up for me, ready to be laid out upon me.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:8-17