Psalms 39:1
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and listened to my supplication. 1
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2 Kings 10:31But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
1 Chronicles 25:1And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
Psalms 12:4lest at any time my enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 1
Psalms 62:1O God, my God, I cry to you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh longed after you, in a barren and trackless and dry land! 1
Psalms 77:1Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth. 1
Psalms 141:3When my spirit was fainting within me, then you knew my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 39:1
David seems to have been in a great strait when he penned this psalm, and, upon some account or other, very uneasy; for it is with some difficulty that he conquers his passion, and composes his spirit himself to take that good counsel which he had given to others ( xxxvii. ) to rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him, without fretting; for it is easier to give the good advice than to give the good example of quietness under affliction. What was the particular trouble which gave occasion for the conflict David… Read the whole commentary →