Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.
PSALM 31. David, having been delivered from some great danger, or rather from many dangers, first relates the prayers which he had offered up to God amidst the terrors of death. He then subjoins his thanksgiving, which is no ordinary one; for he celebrates his deliverance at great length, and exhorts all the saints to be of good hope, as they had in him a...
Commenting on Psalm 31:1-24
O love the Lord, all ye his saints. A most affecting exhortation, showing clearly the deep love of the writer to his God: there is the more beauty in the expression, because it reveals love toward a smiting God, love which many waters could not quench. To bless him who gives is easy, but to cling to him who takes away is a work of grace.
We have three things in these verses: - I. The believing acknowledgment which David makes of God's goodness to his people in general, Psa 31:19, Psa 31:20. 1. God is good to all, but he is, in a special manner, good to Israel. His goodness to them is wonderful, and will be, to eternity, matter of admiration: O how great is thy goodness! How profound are the counsels of it!
Commenting on Psalm 31:19-24