Salvation belongs to the LORD; your blessing be on your people! Selah
David, stripped of his kingdom and hunted by his own son, had every reason to despair, yet he clung to God's promise against mockery and death itself. He makes no mention of his sins here, his adultery and the blood of Uriah, which means this psalm captures only one part of his prayer; the full anguish of God's punishment for those crimes came first.
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Commenting on Psalm 3:1-8
Salvation belongs to the Lord alone, from first to last, every particle of it. Our enemies cry that it belongs to man's will, but we know God chooses His people, calls them, quickens them, keeps them by His power. The psalmist crowns this truth with a piercing claim: His blessing rests not on Egypt or Tyre or any nation, but on His chosen, blood-bought, eternally beloved people. Pause here and ask: is this infinite, immutable love upon you?
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In every difficulty David had been driven to his knees, crying to God with his whole voice, and God had always answered him from His holy mountain. When care and grief turn us to earnest prayer, not mere sound but real fervency of heart, God takes notice and accounts it to us.
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Commenting on Psalm 3:4-8