Psalms 108:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and they said: “Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified: the horse and the rider he has cast into the sea.
Psalms 30:12I have become a disgrace among all my enemies, and even more so to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances. Those who catch sight of me, flee away from me.
Psalms 57:7God will crush their teeth within their own mouth. The Lord will break the molars of the lions.
Psalms 71:8And he will rule from sea to sea and from the river to the limits of the whole world.
Psalms 138:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 108:1
This psalm begins with praise and concludes with prayer, and faith is at work in both. I. David here gives thanks to God for mercies to himself, ver. 1-5 . II. He prays to God for mercies for the land, pleading the promises of God and putting them in suit, ver. 6-13 . The former part it taken out of Ps. lvii. 7 , &c., the latter out of Ps. lx. 5 , &c., and both with very little variation, to teach us that we may in prayer use the same words that we have formerly used, provided it be with new affections. It… Read the whole commentary →