For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
David came to the throne through almost insurmountable trials, and foreign enemies harassed him even into old age. Rather than boast of his own victories, he exalts God as the true author of them, showing that his reign prefigures Christ's kingdom, one that will triumph over all resistance by the Father's incomprehensible power.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:1-50
Here the assertion of purity is repeated, both in a positive and a negative form. There is "I have" and "I have not, " both of which must be blended in a truly sanctified life; constraining and restraining grace must each take its share.
When God visibly took David's part, He both cleared his innocence before men and confirmed the testimony of his own conscience. A wicked departure from God is one done willfully and without recovery; but those who stumble yet repent and press forward have not truly forsaken Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:20-28