For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
David came to the throne through almost insurmountable trials, and foreign enemies harassed him even into old age. Rather than boast of his own victories, he exalts God as the true author of them, showing that his reign prefigures Christ's kingdom, one that will triumph over all resistance by the Father's incomprehensible power.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:1-50
God's character and judgments must be constantly before your eyes; believers delight in His excellent attributes and grow conformed to His image. Keep the Scriptures in your mind's study, for dusty Bibles lead to filthy garments, backsliders always begin by neglecting His Word.
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When God visibly took David's part, He both cleared his innocence before men and confirmed the testimony of his own conscience. A wicked departure from God is one done willfully and without recovery; but those who stumble yet repent and press forward have not truly forsaken Him.
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Commenting on Psalm 18:20-28