I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Ver. 6. I will sing unto the Lord] How far different is the end of this psalm from the beginning! See the like Psalms 6:1, See Trapp on " Psa 6:1 "
Because he hath dealt bountifully with me] Qui retribuit mihi, so Popish merit-mongers read it, and would therehence collect something in favour of their absurd tenet. But their own Vulgate translation hath it bona tribuit, hath given me good things. And it is well observed (Ainsworth), that though the Hebrew word be sometimes taken for rewarding evil for good, Psalms 7:5, or evil for evil, Psalms 137:8, yet from God to his people it commonly signifieth a bountiful rewarding of good things instead of evil, which we rather do deserve. So Psalms 116:7; Psalms 119:17; Psalms 142:7 .