I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
David has endured terrible torment and danger, but God preserved him when all hope would have failed. His deliverance makes God's power so conspicuous that gratitude is the only response he can offer for such innumerable benefits.
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Commenting on Psalm 116:1-19
Bullock and goat will not do, I bring the thanksgiving of my inmost soul, for that is what suits a servant who has tasted spiritual mercy. To call on His name means to bow before Him in reverence, to lift my heart in love, to think upon His character and adore Him as He reveals Himself. The more of hearty callings upon God, the better.
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I believed, therefore I spoke, even though it cost me affliction and brought Saul's rage upon me. Those who believe in God must confess with their mouths, for His glory, for the courage of others, and to prove their own sincerity. Shame and fear have no place in one who owns his obligation to the Purchaser of his eternal hope.
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Commenting on Psalm 116:10-19