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Will he oppress me with his sovereign and absolute power, as men do those whom they cannot fairly and justly conquer?
He would put strength in me; the word strength, or power, being fitly supplied out of the former branch of the verse, as is very usual in Scripture. He would not use his power against me, but for me; by enabling; me to plead my cause, and giving sentence according to that clemency and benignity, which according to his gracious covenant he useth towards his children. Or, he would put or set his heart (this very verb of putting or setting being elsewhere used in this defective manner for putting or setting the heart, as Job_7:17 Isa_41:10, as it is fully expressed, Isa_57:1 Eze_40:4 44:5) upon (the preposition beth, in, being sometimes used for al, upon, as Neh_2:12 Isa_21:13) me, to wit, to hear me and all my reasons meekly, and to judge favourably, and to help and deliver me, as that and the like phrases commonly signify in Scripture use.