“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.”
The psalmist expresses joy and gratitude as his heart gains confidence through God's help, his strength renewed and his song arising from deepened awareness of God's presence. The verb "exult" suggests intense delight and jubilation, the emotional response to sensing God's protective care. The phrase "my heart leaps for joy" conveys both internal transformation and external expression of joy. The reference to singing praise establishes that the psalmist's joy overflows in liturgical expression. This verse demonstrates that gratitude and joy are not optional but appropriate human response to God's intervention.
Church Fathers on Psalms 28:7
Of David himself. 1. It is the Voice of the Mediator Himself, strong of hand in the conflict of the Passion. Now what He seems to wish for against His enemies, is not the wish of malevolence, but the declaration of their punishment; as in the Gospel, Matthew 11:20-24 with the cities, in which though He had performed miracles, yet they had not believed on Him, He does not wish in any evil will what He says, but predicts what is impending over them. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have…
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