The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
David's opening cry declares what most troubled men never do: he betakes himself to God alone, not wandering here and there for help. He names God his strength precisely because he trusted Him not in peace but in the severest temptations, when all other hope had failed.
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Commenting on Psalm 28:1-9
Here is David's declaration and confession of faith, coupled with a testimony from his experience. The Lord is my strength. The Lord employs his power on our behalf, and moreover, infuses strength into us in our weakness. The psalmist, by an act of appropriating faith, takes the omnipotence of Jehovah to be his own.
How swift are sorrows turned to songs when the saints pray in faith! Bless God that He has heard you, and by the same faith give thanks as if the answer were already in hand. What you win by prayer you must wear by praise. Make this the method: first bless God, then bless yourself.
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Commenting on Psalm 28:6-9