Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
David saw death coming straight at him, yet he sang over the tomb and rejoiced at the thought of the grave. His faith knew his soul's exile in Sheol would be brief, his body unharmed in its short sleep there. This is what faith does: it fills the heart with gladness until the tongue, our highest glory, breaks into praise. Faith gives living joy and dying rest.
AI summary
glory--as heart (Psa 7:5), for self. In Act 2:26, after the Septuagint, "my tongue" as "the glory of the frame"--the instrument for praising God. flesh--If taken as opposed to soul (Psa 16:10), it may mean the body; otherwise, the whole person (compare Psa 63:1; Psa 84:2). rest in hope--(compare Margin).
His heart was glad because the Lord stood always at His right hand; his tongue, that faculty which lifts man above all creatures and glorifies God, burst forth in joyful praise. Even before His sufferings, Christ sang with His disciples. His flesh rested in the grave in hope and safety, awaiting the resurrection that would follow.
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