“I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.”
The final affirmation that the psalmist will sing to God because He has dealt bountifully with me concludes the psalm by transforming lament into thanksgiving. The singing and dealing bountifully suggest not merely rescue from present crisis but comprehensive divine care demonstrated through past and future. The assurance expressed as past tense—He has dealt bountifully—suggests that looking back on God's prior faithfulness enables trust in present deliverance. This verse demonstrates that praise emerges from recollection of God's past actions.
Church Fathers on Psalms 13:6
Unto the end, a psalm of David. 1. “For Christ is the end of the law to every one that believes.” Romans 10:4 “How long, O Lord, will You forget me unto the end?” Psalm 12:1 that is, put me off as to spiritually understanding Christ, who is the Wisdom of God, and the true end of all the aim of the soul. “How long will You turn away Your face from me?” As God does not forget, so neither does He turn His face away: but Scripture speaks after our manner. Now God is said to turn…
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