My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
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
My soul feeds on the richest food when it feasts on God's love, marrow and fatness, the best the royal table affords. When my mouth is full of His mercy, it must be full of thanksgiving too; vocal praise is the answer to vocal blessing.
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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