What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
David had flatted himself too confidently in his prosperity, and security bred carelessness that God rightly chastised. When Absalom's rebellion was crushed and David returned to his throne, he dedicated his house with thanksgiving, confessing both his former false confidence and God's faithful discipline toward him.
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Commenting on Psalm 30:1-12
In this verse we learn the form and method of David's prayer. It was an argument with God, an urging of reasons, a pleading of his cause. It was not a statement of doctrinal opinions, nor a narration of experience, much less a sly hit at other people under pretence of praying to God, although all these things and worse have been substituted for holy supplication at certain prayer meetings.
Prosperity makes us dream that things will always be so, and we foolishly imagine our mountain stands strong by our own wisdom or fortitude, forgetting we owe it all to divine favor alone. We forget that it is earth still, only raised higher, not heaven.
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Commenting on Psalm 30:6-12