For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
David sets before God his wretchedness and need, then answers carnal reason's despair with God's infinite goodness and power. He does not merely ask escape from enemies; he prays that the fear of God take root and hold firm in his heart.
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Commenting on Psalm 86:1-17
For thou art great. He had before said, "thou art good"; it is a grand thing when greatness and goodness are united; it is only in the Divine Being that either of them exists absolutely, and essentially. Happy is it for us that they both exist in the Lord to an equal degree.
There is none like the Lord among all beings, false gods, or angels; His works prove it. He made all nations from one blood, and they shall come to worship before Him, fulfilled in the Messiah, when Christ's gospel brings every kingdom to praise God.
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Commenting on Psalm 86:8-17