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Let my lips utter praise, For you teach me your statutes.
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An Overflowing Praise
Several commentators (Calvin, Gill, Ellicott) highlight that the Hebrew word for "utter" praise means to "pour forth" or "bubble up" like a fountain. This shows that the psalmist's praise is not a mere duty but an enthusiastic, abundant, and natural overflow from a heart that has been genuinely taught by God. It's a spontaneous eruption of joy, not a reluctant whisper.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes - The sentiment here is the same as in Psalms 119:7. The language…
19th Century
Anglican
TAU.
Shall utter. —Better, preserving the metaphor of the Hebrew, pour forth a stream of praise.
Baptist
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. …
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16th Century
Protestant
My lips shall speak praise. David now shows, in a different way than in the preceding verse, how high a privilege he considered it to be a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My lips shall utter praise Like water flowing from a fountain, as the word F13 signifies. The heart of a …
The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in …
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