My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Though this psalm bears no title, the tradition of the Church ascribes it to David in his old age, likely during Absalom's uprising. He opens by casting himself entirely upon God's faithfulness, then mingles petition for deliverance with complaint against his enemies' arrogance, before resolving to praise God for mercies already received.
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Commenting on Psalm 71:1-24
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day. We are to bear testimony as experience enables us, and not withhold from others that which we have tasted and handled. The faithfulness of God in saving us, in delivering us out of the hand of our enemies, and in fulfilling his promises, is to be everywhere proclaimed by those who have...
My fears are silenced, my hopes raised, my prayers turned to thanksgivings. I will hope continually in every condition, and praise Him yet more and more, the longer we live, the more expert we should grow in praising God, for His grace is a subject that can never be exhausted.
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Commenting on Psalm 71:14-24