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Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents
4:2-3 Words to the Faithless. The singer turns from his prayer to address those who slander the pious; such people should know that the Lord has set his favor upon the faithful and will listen to their prayers.
4:3 set apart. The same Hebrew word is rendered "set apart" in Ex. 8:22, and "make a distinction" in Ex. 9:4; 11:7; 33:16; the idea is that God sets his special attention and affection on a person or a people in order to distinguish them. the godly. The Hebrew word (hasid) is the adjective form of "steadfast love" (Hb. hesed). This term, variously rendered "godly," "saint," "faithful one," and "holy one" in the Psalms, refers to those who have genuinely laid hold of God's steadfast love; here it is singular, to stress that each faithful member of the people may have this confidence.
