So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
David fled into Judah's wilderness to escape Saul's murderous pursuit, and this psalm gathers his pious meditations and vows made under such severe trials. Some place it during Absalom's rebellion, but the desert setting and David's peril fit the Saul years best, even though he calls himself king, expressing his confident faith that God would fulfill His promise to raise him to the throne.
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Commenting on Psalm 63:1-11
Thus will I bless thee while I live. As I now bless thee so will I ever do; or rather, so as thou shalt reveal thy lovingkindness to me, I will in return continue to extol thee. While we live we will love. If we see no cause to rejoice in our estate, we shall always have reason for rejoicing in the Lord.
Faithful prayer turns quickly into joyful praise, if we will let it. God's lovingkindness surpasses life itself, all comfort, all prosperity; a thousand times better to die in His favour than to live under His wrath. Those whose hearts are refreshed by His tokens ought to have them enlarged in His praises.
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Commenting on Psalm 63:3-6