“Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?”
The affirmation that the psalmist will sing of God's power and celebrate God's steadfast love in the morning establishes the resolution to respond to the perpetual threat with perpetual praise. The reference to the morning suggests that the psalmist will begin each day (a period of vulnerability) with worship rather than with fear. The commitment to sing of God's strength indicates that worship becomes the response to threat; the mouth will be directed toward God's praise rather than toward lamentation. This verse articulates the paradox of the psalm: vulnerability paired with the commitment to worship.
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