Deliver me from the oppression of man,.... Of any man, of proud and haughty men, as in Ps 119:122; the psalmist always desired rather to fall into the hands of God than into the hands of wicked men, whose tender mercies are cruel.
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Psalms 119:134
Psalms 119:134
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might not be harassed and discomposed by those that studied to be
vexatious: "Deliver me from the oppression of man--man, whom God can…Psalms 119:134Psalms 119:134 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 119:122, Psalms 56:1-2, Psalms 56:13, Psalms 105:43-45; Ezekiel 11:17-20, Ezekiel 36:24-27; Luke 1:74-75; Acts 9:31