Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
His praise goes beyond words into costly action. He will enter God's house with burnt offerings, the best fed animals, not the lame or lean, for God who is the best must be served with the best we have. Liberal in return, he will not offer what costs him nothing but what costs him greatly.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:13-20
Which my lips have uttered,.... Or "opened" (e); publicly and distinctly declared, and from which there is no going back; see Jdg 11:33; and my mouth hath spoken when I was in trouble; this refers to the time when the people of God were under antichristian tyranny and bondage; and when they vowed and promised, that, if the Lord would deliver them, they would give him all praise and glory.
The psalmist celebrates one deliverance, but means it as proof of God's constant mercy to His people through all ages. His point is comfort: our subjection to enemies has been the furnace proving us as silver, and God's hearing of the faithful proves His acceptance of them alone, not the wicked.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:1-20