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thou_o o_o lord_n be_v merciful_a unto_o i_o and_o raise_v i_o up_o that_o i_o may_v requite_v they_o by_o this_o i_o know_v that_o thou_o favour_v i_o because_o my_o enemy_n do_v not_o triumph_n over_o i_o and_o as_o for_o i_o thou_o upholde_v i_o in_o my_o integrity_n and_o set_v i_o before_o thy_o face_n for_o ever_o all_o that_o the_o psalmist_n here_o pen_n be_v more_o exquisite_o act_v by_o our_o saviour_n if_o we_o subduct_v the_o imprecation_n upon_o his_o enemy_n which_o the_o psalmist_n mingle_v with_o his_o prayer_n for_o himself_o 11._o the_o author_n of_o the_o 69_o psalm_n be_v he_o david_n the_o son_n of_o jesse_n or_o some_o other_o so_o enstile_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n for_o which_o john_n baptist_n be_v by_o our_o saviour_n himself_o call_v elias_n do_v not_o utter_v that_o complaint_n without_o some_o urgent_a cause_n or_o press_a occasion_n ver._n 20_o 21._o reproach_n have_v break_v my_o heart_n and_o i_o be_o full_a of_o heaviness_n and_o i_o look_v for_o some_o to_o take_v pity_n but_o there_o be_v none_o and_o i_o look_v for_o comforter_n but_o i_o find_v none_o they_o give_v i_o also_o gall_v for_o my_o meat_n and_o in_o my_o thirst_n they_o give_v i_o vinegertâ—_n drink_v these_o passionate_a expression_n can_v hardly_o proceed_v from_o such_o sympathy_n as_o a_o pure_a prophetical_a vision_n of_o what_o the_o malignant_a jew_n will_v do_v for_o many_o generation_n after_o unto_o christ_n be_v likely_a to_o raise_v they_o seem_v live_v character_n of_o experience_a grief_n and_o sorrow_n and_o it_o may_v be_v the_o psalmist_n be_v then_o a_o prisoner_n feed_v with_o the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n and_o compel_v to_o drink_v water_n as_o bitter_a as_o his_o bread_n be_v nasty_a but_o whatsoever_o the_o psalmist_n here_o speak_v of_o himself_o and_o of_o his_o miserable_a perplexity_n though_o in_o a_o high_a and_o tragical_a strain_n or_o in_o a_o sense_n somewhat_o hyperbolical_a be_v we_o know_v fulfil_v in_o christ_n according_a 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