Here, 1. David claims relation to God: “ I am thine , devoted to thee and owned by thee, thine in covenant.” He does not say, Thou art mine (as Dr. Manton observes), though that follows of course, because that were a higher challenge; but, I am thine , expressing himself in a more humble and dutiful way of resignation; nor does he say, I am thus , but, I am thine , not pleading his own good proper...