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My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

My heart is inditing – That is, I am engaged in inditing a good matter, though implying at the same time that it was a work of the …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Inditing. —A most unfortunate rendering of a word, which, though only used here, must, from the meaning of its derivative (a “pot,…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

My heart is inditing a good matter:

A good instrument – the heart refined and sanctified – a good subject, for, says he:

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

My heart is boiling over with a good matter. This preface shows sufficiently that the subject of the psalm is no common one; for whoever i…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

My heart is inditing a good matter
What is valuable and excellent, concerning the excellency of Christ's person, of …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The psalmist's tongue was guided by the Spirit of God, just as the pen is by the hand of a ready writer. This psalm is touching the King Jesus, His…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

Previously, the psalmist offered a prayer because of the adversities of the kingdom and the king; here, it is as though he presents the glory of th…

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