“Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.”
The vow that the mouth will be filled with praise and honor throughout the day articulates the commitment to unceasing worship and testimony. The reference to singing God's righteousness indicates that the psalmist will testify to God's just dealings throughout life. This verse establishes the resolve to worship persistently.
Church Fathers on Psalms 71:8
1. In all the holy Scriptures the grace of God that delivers us commends itself to us, in order that it may have us commended. This is sung of in this Psalm, whereof we have undertaken to speak....This grace the Apostle commends: by this he got to have the Jews for enemies, boasting of the letter of the law and of their own justice. This then commending in the lesson which has been read, he says thus: “For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not worthy to be called an…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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