Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 6. Let my tongue cleave ] Let me lose my voice, and all its powers of melody; my tongue, and all its faculty of speech; my ear, and its discernment of sounds; if I do not prefer my country, my people, and the ordinances of my God, beyond all these, and whatever may constitute the chiefest joy I can possess in aught else beside. This is truly patriotic, truly noble and dignified. Such sentiments can only be found in the hearts and mouths of those slaves whom the grace of God has made free.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-9 - What we love, we love to think of. Those that rejoice in God, for his sake make Jerusalem their joy. They stedfastly resolved to keep up thi affection. When suffering, we should recollect with godly sorrow ou forfeited mercies, and our sins by which we lost them. If tempora advantages ever render a profession, the worst calamity has befalle him. Far be it from us to avenge ourselves; we will leave it to Him wh has said, Vengeance is mine. Those that are glad at calamities especially at the calamities of Jerusalem, shall not go unpunished. We cannot pray for promised success to the church of God without lookin to, though we do not utter a prayer for, the ruin of her enemies. But let us call to mind to whose grace and finished salvation alone it is that we have any hopes of being brought home to the heavenly Jerusalem _________________________________________________
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