I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
The psalmist celebrates one deliverance, but means it as proof of God's constant mercy to His people through all ages. His point is comfort: our subjection to enemies has been the furnace proving us as silver, and God's hearing of the faithful proves His acceptance of them alone, not the wicked.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:1-20
The good man gives his best to God, not some starving creature from the hills but the fattest beasts from the richest pastures. He who is miserly with God is a wretch. We must give the Lord the choicest we can select, burning it wholly upon His altar, no waste, but the truest economy, for such gifts are placed where thieves cannot steal and rust cannot corrode.
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His praise goes beyond words into costly action. He will enter God's house with burnt offerings, the best fed animals, not the lame or lean, for God who is the best must be served with the best we have. Liberal in return, he will not offer what costs him nothing but what costs him greatly.
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Commenting on Psalm 66:13-20