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<p>Here, 1. David prays against <i>reproach</i>, as before, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.119.22" href="/passage/?search=Ps.119.22">Ps. 119:22</a>. David was conscious to himself that he had done that which might give <i>occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme</i>, which would blemish his own reputation and turn to the dishonour of his family; now he prays that God, who has all men’s hearts and tongues in his hands, would be pleased to prevent this, to <i>deliver him from all his transgressions</i>, that he <i>might not be the reproach of the foolish</i>, which he feared (<a class="bibleref" title="Ps.39.8" href="/passage/?search=Ps.39.8">Ps. 39:8</a>); or he means that reproach which his enemies unjustly loaded him with. Let their <i>lying lips be put to silence</i>. 2. He pleads the goodness of God’s judgments: “Lord, thou sittest in the throne, and <i>thy judgments are right</i> and <i>good</i>, just and kind, to those that are wronged, and therefore to thee I appeal from the unjust and unkind censures of men.” It is a small thing to be judged of man’s judgment, while <i>he that judges us is the Lord</i>. Or thus: “Thy word, and ways, and thy holy religion, are very good, but the reproaches cast on me will fall on them; therefore, <i>Lord, turn them away</i>; let not religion be wounded through my side.”</p>
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