To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
David's house was under siege, every escape blocked by Saul's soldiers sent to kill him. His wife Michal contrived the deception that saved him that night, but he rested his hope on God alone; without the wonderful preservation of the Lord, no human artifice could have delivered him from certain death.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:1-17
Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing. What transport is here! What a monopolising of all his emotions for the one object of praising God! Strength has been overcome by strength; not by the hero's own prowess, but by the might of God alone. See how the singer girds himself with the almightiness of God, and calls it all his own by faith.
In danger, I will wait upon God as my defence and high place. The God of my mercy will prevent my fears and prayers, being better to me than my own expectations. What mercy there is in God is laid up for me, ready to be laid out upon me.
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Commenting on Psalm 59:8-17