In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
David pours out complaint and prayer together, his mind caught between distress and confidence in God's mercy. Whether he wrote this during his desperate flight to Gath or after deliverance, the psalm shows him clinging to faith even when fear drove him to feign madness, a weakness of the flesh that did not extinguish the exercise of prayer.
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Commenting on Psalm 56:1-13
In God will I praise his word. Now comes the thanksgiving. He is a wretch who, having obtained help, forgets to return a grateful acknowledgment. The least we can do is to praise him from whom we receive such distinguished favours. Does David here mean "by God's grace I will praise him"?
God keeps account of every weary step I took while hunted and homeless; He numbers my wanderings as a father numbers his child's sorrows. My tears are not lost, He bottles them, He writes them in His book. Not one falls unnoticed. He is afflicted in my afflictions.
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Commenting on Psalm 56:8-13