So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me,.... Saying there is no help and salvation for him in God; asking where is his God, in whom he trusted? and where is the promise of salvation, on which he depended?
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Psalms 119:42
Psalms 119:42
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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have wherewith: etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing, 2 Samuel 16:7-8, 2 Samuel 19:18-20
for I trust:…
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