Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.
Hearing is faith's seeing, and mercy comes by way of the ear gate. Tell your soul's story only where it will be understood, not burlesqued before the profane; but to those who fear God, count and recount His mercies without false shame. A personal witness is the surest and most forcible; second-hand experience is cold and flat.
AI summary
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Psalm 66:1-20
Come [and] hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. (i) It is not enough to have received God's benefits and to be mindful of it, but also we are bound to make others profit by it and praise God.