Psalms 13:6
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
BSB
ASV
I will sing unto Jehovah, Because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
KJV
I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
The Psalm closes with a sentence which is a refutation of the charge of forgetfulness which David had uttered in the first verse, "He hath dealt bountifully with me." So shall it be with us if we wait awhile. The complaint which in our haste we utter shall be joyfully retracted, and we shall witness that the Lord hath dealt bountifully with us.
I will sing - It is a common thing for David and other prophets to speak of future deliverances as if they were already come, that so they may signify both the infallible certainty of the thing, and their firm assurance thereof.
His faith in God's mercy filled his heart with joy in his salvation; for joy and peace come by believing, Rom. xv. Believing, you rejoice, 1 Pet. i. Having put his trust in the mercy of God, he is fully assured of salvation, and that his heart, which was now daily grieving, should rejoice in that salvation.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 119:7I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
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My lips pour forth praise, for You teach me Your statutes.
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
Blessed are You, O LORD; teach me Your statutes.
Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
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Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants…
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Psalms 21:13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
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And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.