But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, [so that there is] neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
Ver. 4. So that there is neither adversary.] The Vulgate hath it, Non est Satan. We use to say, Seldom lieth the devil dead in a ditch. He is the troublous one, a and delighteth to hinder anything that is good; but at this time God had chained him up, and Solomon had nothing to hinder him. "The Lord is with you, whilst ye are with him," saith one prophet. 2Ch 15:2 And, "The Lord will be with the good," saith another. 2Ch 19:11
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