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A Praise of David.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 <\/span>I will extol You, my God, O King;<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nAnd I will bless Your name forever and ever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>Every day I will bless You,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd I will praise Your name forever and ever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3 <\/sup>Great is the Lord<\/span>, and greatly to be praised;<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd His greatness is\u00a0unsearchable.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>One generation shall praise Your works to another,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd shall declare Your mighty acts.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5 <\/sup>I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd on Your wondrous works.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 <\/sup>Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd I will declare Your greatness.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7 <\/sup>They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd shall sing of Your righteousness.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is gracious and full of compassion,<\/span><\/em>
\nSlow to anger and great in mercy.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is good to all,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd His tender mercies are over all His works.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>All Your works shall praise You, O Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd Your saints shall bless You.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11 <\/sup>They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd talk of Your power,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

12 <\/sup>To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd the glorious majesty of His kingdom.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

13 <\/sup>Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd Your dominion endures throughout all generations.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> upholds all who fall,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd raises up all who are bowed down.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15 <\/sup>The eyes of all look expectantly to You,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd You give them their food in due season.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

16 <\/sup>You open Your hand<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd satisfy the desire of every living thing.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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17\u00a0<\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is righteous in all His ways,<\/span><\/em>
\nGracious in all His works.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

18 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> is near to all who call upon Him,<\/span><\/em>
\nTo all who call upon Him in truth.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

19 <\/sup>He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;<\/span><\/em>
\nHe also will hear their cry and save them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

20 <\/sup>The Lord<\/span> preserves all who love Him,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut all the wicked He will destroy.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

21 <\/sup>My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd all flesh shall bless His holy name<\/span><\/em>
\nForever and ever.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

It is an acrostic Psalm, the verses beginning in the Hebrew with the successive letters of the alphabet. Somehow the couplet for the fourteenth letter, Nun<\/em>, has dropped out of the text as it has come down to us. The Septuagint, however, supply the omission thus: “The Lord is faithful in His words, and holy in all His works.” The place of this verse is between verses 13 and 14 in our English Bibles. \u2014 Meyer, page 176.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

This psalm is structured as an alphabetic acrostic … although excluding the 14th letter, which further enables the organization of this psalm into three<\/em> stanzas of seven<\/em> verses each. These numerical elements of the psalm’s structure<\/em> in turn reinforce and sharpen our understanding of its content<\/em>\u2014to wit: that each of the three stanzas describe the complete\/perfect (=”7″) expression of a distinct aspect of “God’s name,” all three of which serve as the collective basis for blessing him to the utmost\/superlative (=”3″) degree. \u2014 Wechsler, page 347.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The repetition at the end of the psalm of David’s opening declaration, “And I will bless They name forever and ever,” underscores the them of the psalm itself. So too, the specific reference to “God’s name” (rather than just “God”) indicates a specific thematic focus on God’s “reputation” as based on His manifest deeds of deliverance and victory (both spiritual and physical). … Especially prominent in this section is the notion of God’s “greatness,” as borne out by the three-fold use of the Hebrew root g-d-l<\/em> (“to be great”): in v.3 (“Great is the LORD … His greatness is unsearchable”) and v.6 (“I will tell of They greatness). \u2014 Wechsler, pages 347-348.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

[Verses 8-14] emphasize the glory of God’s name (i.e., reputation) as manifest in His dominion\u2014specifically, His dominion as characterized by (1) the glory (vs.11a, 12b) and everlasting extent (v.13) of that over which He rules (i.e., His kingdom in vs. 11-13); (2) the rule itself, which, like the Ruler, is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and great in lovingkindness; and (3) the “citizens” of His kingdom, who are described as “recipients of hesed<\/em>). Wechsler, page 348.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Saints (v.10) \u2014 This title (Heb. hasid<\/em>) is related to “steadfast love (Heb. hesed<\/em>), and therefore denotes primarily those who have been the object of the covenant love of the Lord; it then advances to include also the thought of their responsive love toward Him. \u2014 Guthrie, page 544.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

David concludes (vs.15-21) on the specific ways in which God’s hesed<\/em>, referenced in the previous section, is expressed towards the citizens of His kingdom\u2014both now as well as in the hereafter\u2014to wit: He supplies their need for physical sustenance in due time (v.15); even more, He satisfies their desire (vs. 16 and 19); He is near to them (an allusion to Deuteronomy 4:7, signifying special access to God on the basis of relationship); He saves them; and He keeps (or “preserves,” “guards”) them, meaning that, from the moment that their status as “citizens” in God’s kingdom is granted, as expressed through their faith here and now, He maintains that status forever. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 348-349.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Williams’ take:<\/h3>\n

In Psalm 22:25<\/span><\/a>, Messiah said, “My praise shall be of Thee in the great congregation.” This vow He here fulfills on ascending the throne of Jehovah at Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 29:23). As Viceroy He acts for God the Great King, addressing Him as “My God the King.” Before Him stands “the great congregation” composed of the princes and people of Israel, and the representatives of all nations. This mighty anthem is then sung. Messiah leads the song, and the great congregation responds. The subjoined arrangement has been suggested:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Messiah sings: “I will extol Thee,” etc., (vs.1-2).<\/span>
\nThe great congregation responds: “Great is Jehovah,” etc., (vs.3-4).<\/span>
\nMessiah sings: “I will speak,” etc., (v.5).<\/span>
\nThe congregation responds, “and men shall speak” etc., (v.6).<\/span>
\nMessiah sings: “Yea, I will declare,” etc., (v.6).<\/span>
\nThe congregation responds: “They shall abundantly” etc., (vs.7-20).<\/span>
\nMessiah sings: “My mouth shall speak” etc., (v.21).<\/span>
\nThe response: “And all flesh shall bless,” etc., (v.21). \u2014 Williams, page 412.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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