Commonplace –
“O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to be moved” (Psalm 66:8-9).
and
“Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for m y soul” (Psalm 66:16).
First, David proclaims what God does for all His people: he holds our souls and fixes our soles. Then, David proclaims what God has done for him, specifically, through his testimony. Here David is teaching us how to preach: Proclaim God’s good works, which he universally does for the church, and proclaim God’s good works for us, individually, specifically through our testimony, our life.
Matthew Henry wisely observes:
“If we have learned in everything to give thanks for ancient and modern mercies, public and personal mercies, we shall know how to sing this psalm with grace and understanding” (Henry 390).
Works Cited
Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 66.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.
Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.
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