Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
David fled into Judah's wilderness to escape Saul's murderous pursuit, and this psalm gathers his pious meditations and vows made under such severe trials. Some place it during Absalom's rebellion, but the desert setting and David's peril fit the Saul years best, even though he calls himself king, expressing his confident faith that God would fulfill His promise to raise him to the throne.
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Commenting on Psalm 63:1-11
I will bless You while breath remains in me, for Your nature alone, infinitely good, gives reason enough for praise. Lift up your hands in His name: no hands need hang down when God draws near in love, and the name of Jesus has made the lame leap and the sad clap their hands for joy.
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Faithful prayer turns quickly into joyful praise, if we will let it. God's lovingkindness surpasses life itself, all comfort, all prosperity; a thousand times better to die in His favour than to live under His wrath. Those whose hearts are refreshed by His tokens ought to have them enlarged in His praises.
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Commenting on Psalm 63:3-6