We shall enter into a full and clear apprehension of the scope and design of this Psalm, if we first consider how it is to be read with an eye to Christ, and then how it may be accommodated to those, who, through faith in Christ, have an interest in all that concerns him as Mediator. The Psalm opens with the Mediator praising Jehovah for delivering him from all his enemies, and the joy he finds in consequence thereof, as that deliverance concerns himself and the Church in him. Hence, Reader, if you and I have a right conception and knowledge of our own personal deliverance in Jesus, and by Jesus from all our enemies, we shall by faith take part in what is here said, and praise Jehovah with our whole heart and soul for the same. Oh! how precious is it, when we can see and feel our deliverance from the fear of sin, death, and hell, and all our foes, and all our sorrows, through him and his glorious victory, who is the Lord our righteousness!
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Psalms 9:1-2
1 I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.