1. I will praise thee, O Lord. With a holy resolution the songster begins his hymn. It sometimes needs
all our determination to face the foe, and bless the Lord in the teeth of his
enemies; vowing that whoever else may be silent we will bless his name;
here, however, the overthrow of the foe is viewed as complete, and the song
flows with sacred fullness of delight. It is our duty to praise the Lord; let
us perform it as a privilege. Observe that David’s praise is all given to the Lord.
We may be grateful to the intermediate agent, but our thanks must have long
wings and mount aloft to heaven. With my whole heart. Half heart is no
heart. I will show forth. There is true praise in the thankful telling
forth to others of our Heavenly Father’s dealings with us; this is one of the
themes upon which the godly should speak often to one another, and it will not
be casting pearls before swine if we make even the ungodly hear of the
lovingkindness of the Lord to us. All thy marvelous works. Gratitude for
one mercy refreshes the memory as to thousands of others. One silver link in
the chain draws up a long series of tender remembrances. Here is eternal work
for us, for there can be no end to the showing forth of all his deeds of
love. If we consider our own sinfulness and nothingness, we must feel that
every work of preservation, forgiveness, conversion, deliverance,
sanctification, etc. which the Lord has wrought for us, or in us, is a marvelouswork. Even in heaven, divine lovingkindness will doubtless be as much a theme
of surprise as of rapture.
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