OLD TESTAMENT

Psalms 71:2

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Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

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Verse 2. Son. Solomon, (Bert.) or Cyrus, (Pr. disc.) or the Messias. Most blessed Trinity, enable the Son of man, or of David, to judge the world. Worthington. Isaiah 10:3. John 5:22.—Judgment. Equity is the duty of governors, as obedience is that of subjects. Solomon acts with the greatest sagacity. 1 Chronicles 22:10 and 29:23. and 2 Chronicles 1:10. The psalmist inculcates the obligation of defending the rights of the poor, who are under God’s protection. To him even judges and monarchs must give an account. Deuteronomy 1:17. 2 Chronicles 19:6.

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