God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
This psalm draws its materials from the fifty-seventh and sixtieth psalms, so I need not repeat what I have already expounded on those passages. The composer has taken portions from each and woven them here together.
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Commenting on Psalm 108:1-13
God hath spoken in his holiness. Aforetime the Lord had made large promises to David, and these his holiness had guaranteed. The divine attributes were pledged to give the son of Jesse great blessings; there was no fear that the covenant God would run back from his plighted word. I will rejoice.
We may here learn how to pray as well as praise. 1. We must be public-spirited in prayer, and bear upon our hearts, at the throne of grace, the concerns of the church of God, Psa 108:6. It is God's beloved, and therefore must be ours; and therefore we must pray for its deliverance, and reckon that we are answered if God grant what we...
Commenting on Psalm 108:6-13