Therefore will I play. — Rather, have I danced. (See 2 Samuel 6:5.)
Before the Lord. — David first gives the true and sufficient reason of his conduct — what he had done was before the Lord, in honouring whom no man can be really humbled; and then he turns with a reproof to Michal, which should have shown her the utter unworthiness of her objections. God had set aside her father and his house for this very spirit of pride in which she was now indulging, and had chosen him instead.