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1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here we have David’s professions of desire towards God and dependence on him. He often begins his psalms with such professions, not to move God, but to move himself, and to engage himself to answer those professions. I. He professes his desire towards God: Unto thee, O Lord! do I lift up my soul , Ps. 25:1. In the foregoing psalm (Ps. 24:4) it was made the character of a good man that he has not l…
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