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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 65:3
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Iniquities prevail against me, etc.] Or, “are mightier than I” f852; this may be understood either of the iniquities of others, his enemies; their “words of iniquities” f853 or iniquitous words, as in the Hebrew text; their calumnies, reproaches, false charges, and accusations, which prevailed against David in Saul’s court; or rather his own iniquities, inward lusts, indwelling sins, as well as open transgressions, which he considers as his enemies, as numerous and powerful, too mighty for him, which warred against him, and sometimes got the better of him, and threatened him with utter ruin and destruction; but amidst all this he spies atonement and pardon through the blood and sacrifice of Christ, as follows; [as for] our transgressions, thou shall purge them away; not only his own, but others, which Christ has done by the sacrifice of himself; and when his blood is applied to the conscience of a sensible sinner, it purges it from all his sins, (<580103>Hebrews 1:3 9:14); it may be rendered, “thou shall expiate them”, or “make atonement for them” f854; which Christ, our propitiation, has done: this was the work appointed him, which he undertook, came into the world to do, and has performed, (<270924>Daniel 9:24) (<580217>Hebrews 2:17 9:26); or “thou shalt cover them”; with the blood and righteousness of Christ; or forgive them for the sake of them, (<193201>Psalm 32:1,2).
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