I have preached righteousness in the great congregation - I have maintained and defended the principles of righteousness and truth …

I have preached. —Literally, I have made faces glad.

Notice the rapid succession of clauses, like successive wave-b…

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. I have not hid thy righteousne…

I have proclaimed your righteousness in the great assembly. Here David again brings forward his own thankfulness, for no other reason than…

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation
Not the righteousness which the law requires men to do; but …

The psalmist foretells that work of wonder: redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ.

1. In the preceding psalms, the psalmist asked for divine help against the malice of the wicked and showed his intention to be cautious. Her…