I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
David here resembles the twenty-second psalm in lamenting the cruelty of his enemies, though we cannot fix which persecution occasioned it, Saul's or Absalom's. Yet the New Testament quotes it of Christ at least seven times, making clear it is prophetic of Him. David's affliction did not shake his trust in God or weaken his holy conduct; rather, his zeal for God's glory provoked the world's hatred against him.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:1-36
I will praise the name of God with a song. He who sang after the passover, sings yet more joyously after the resurrection and ascension. He is, in very truth, "the sweet singer of Israel." He leads the eternal melodies, and all his saints join in chorus. And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
The humble and afflicted see God's readiness to hear the poor and favor His captives, and this observation brings them gladness. Spiritual sacrifices of thanksgiving please Him far more than oxen or bullocks ever could. Let all who are poor and imprisoned in spirit rejoice in His gracious visits and take heart that He will enlarge them.
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Commenting on Psalm 69:30-36