Psalms 18:3. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
David first said, "I will love," now he says, "I will call." The "I wills" of the Psalms have furnished various writers with an admirable subject; and they may supply you with a profitable line of meditation: "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised." "I will mix praise with my prayer. There is no praying like that; if you have prayer in one hand, have praise in the other. The mixture of these two perfumes will make an exceedingly sweet incense to present unto the Lord. To praise and pray, to pray and praise, is an admirable way of living. Have I not often told you that it resembles our breathing? By prayer we breathe in, and by praise we breathe out.
Psalms 18:3. So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Saved singing, saved praying; what a happy way to be saved,-calling upon God, and magnifying his name! Now follows a marvelous passage descriptive of the psalmist’s deliverance, one of the most wonderful pieces of poetry ever composed in any language. David begins by describing his previous position.
Psalms 18:3. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
David first said, "I will love," now he says, "I will call." The "I wills" of the Psalms have furnished various writers with an admirable subject; and they may supply you with a profitable line of meditation: "I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised." "I will mix praise with my prayer. There is no praying like that; if you have prayer in one hand, have praise in the other. The mixture of these two perfumes will make an exceedingly sweet incense to present unto the Lord. To praise and pray, to pray and praise, is an admirable way of living. Have I not often told you that it resembles our breathing? By prayer we breathe in, and by praise we breathe out.
Psalms 18:3. So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Saved singing, saved praying; what a happy way to be saved,-calling upon God, and magnifying his name! Now follows a marvelous passage descriptive of the psalmist’s deliverance, one of the most wonderful pieces of poetry ever composed in any language. David begins by describing his previous position.