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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 86:4
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Rejoice the soul of thy servant, etc.] With the discoveries of love, of pardoning grace, and mercy, before made sad with sin or sufferings; and with the light of God’s countenance, before troubled with the hidings of his face: this may be applied to Christ, in sorrowful circumstances, who was made full of joy with his Father’s countenance, (<402637>Matthew 26:37,38 <440228> Acts 2:28) for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul: in prayer, as the Targum adds; and it denotes the devotion, fervency, heartiness, and sincerity, of his prayer; the doing of it with a true heart, the lifting up of the heart with the hands unto God, (<250341>Lamentations 3:41) or by way of offering unto the Lord, not the body only, but the soul or heart also; or as a depositum committed into his hands; so Christ lifted up his eyes, and his heart and soul, to his divine Father; and also made his soul an offering for sin, and at death commended his spirit into his hands, (<431701>John 17:1 <235310>Isaiah 53:10 <422346> Luke 23:46), (see Gill on “<192501>Psalm 25:1”).
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