You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
David recalls how from many dangers, not one alone, he cried out to God and was heard. His deliverance from such perils filled his soul with admiration of God's providence, which extends to all mankind, and moved him to give himself wholly to God's service.
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Commenting on Psalm 40:1-17
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done. Creation, providence, and redemption, teem with wonders as the sea with life. Our special attention is called by this passage to the marvels which cluster around the cross and flash from it.
David was plunged in a horrible pit and miry clay of inward perplexity and despondency of spirit. He waited patiently, expecting relief from God alone, not working himself free but holding fast to faith until deliverance came in due time.
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Commenting on Psalm 40:1-5