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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 9 To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, a Psalm of David. Some, take "muthlabben" to be the name of the tune to which this psalm was sung, and to design the same note which we call the counter-tenor: others think, that "upon muth", or "almuth", are but one word, and the same as "alamoth", Psalms 45:1, title; and that it is the name of a musical instrument; and that "Ben"...
John Gill
That I may show forth all thy praise,.... That is, all thy bounties and acts of goodness, deserving of praise; even as many of them as he had an experience of, and which came within his knowledge; and as much of them as he was capable of observing: for otherwise the instances of divine grace and goodness are so many, that they cannot be reckoned up in order, nor God be praised for them, in the...
Matthew Henry
In this psalm, I. David praises God for pleading his cause, and giving him victory over his enemies and the enemies of his country (ver. 1-6), and calls upon others to join with him in his songs of praise, ver. 11, 12. II. He prays to God that he might have still further occasion to praise him, for his own deliverances and the confusion of his enemies, ver. 13, 14, 19, 20. III. He triumphs in the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 14. We must not overlook David's object in desiring mercy, it is God's glory: that I may show forth all thy praise. Saints are not so selfish as to look only to self; they desire mercy's diamond that they may let others see it flash and sparkle, and may admire Him who gives such priceless gems to his beloved. The contrast between the gates of death and the gates of the New Jerusalem is very...
Charles H. Spurgeon
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: From the gates of death to the gates of Zion, is the lift which God gives to his poor suffering people.
Charles H. Spurgeon
I will rejoice in thy salvation. The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: If you picture David with the carcase of the giant before him, the Philistines put to ignominious flight, and the Israelites in full pursuit after them, you can understand his saying, “The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made.”