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Psalms 18:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 18:3

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

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised. Not so much a simple future, "I will call upon the Lord at some particular time," as a future of continuance, "I call, and will ever call, upon the Lord, worthy to be praised;" and so—i.

e; so long as I call—shall I be saved from mine enemies (comp. , ; ; , , etc.).

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