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Psalms 40:4

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Blessed is that man (rather, the man) that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud; or, turneth not to the proud—does not go over to their party or espouse their principles. Absalom's adherents are probably the persons intended.

Nor such as turn aside to lies; i.e. "prefer falsehood to truth," the cause of the ungodly to that of God himself.

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