Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
David shows us that true happiness rests on one thing alone: God's free forgiveness of our guilt and full acceptance of our persons. Without this reconciliation, men either writhe in torment or drift into deadly forgetfulness of both God and themselves, unable to imagine that He could be gracious to them at all.
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Commenting on Psalm 32:1-11
Be glad. Happiness is not only our privilege, but our duty. Truly we serve a generous God, since he makes it a part of our obedience to be joyful. How sinful are our rebellious murmurings! How natural does it seem that a man blest with forgiveness should be glad!
Having tasted the sweetness of pardoning mercy, David cannot doubt God will preserve him from trouble and guard him from returning to folly. God keeps His people from trouble by keeping them from sin. Now converted, he instructs others: whoever desires instruction, I will teach you in the great congregation.
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Commenting on Psalm 32:7-11