God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
David, newly settled on the throne with signal victories behind him, pours out this psalm to express his gratitude to God and to unite the fractious community by showing them that God had chosen him as king. His prayers throughout call upon God to perfect what He had begun.
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Commenting on Psalm 60:1-12
God hath spoken in his holiness. Faith is never happier than when it can fall back upon the promise of God. She sets this over against all discouraging circumstances; let outward providences say what they will, the voice of a faithful God drowns every sound of tear.
God has spoken His promise in holiness, and that word is the full fountain of joy to all who believe it. Take comfort now in what He has sworn to give, as surely as if you already possessed it. When God speaks, pardon is yours, peace is yours, grace is yours, Christ is yours, heaven itself is yours.
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Commenting on Psalm 60:6-12