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My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
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A Heart Boiling Over
Commentators unanimously point out that the phrase "my heart overfloweth" literally means to "boil" or "bubble up." This isn't a calm, calculated poem but a passionate, Spirit-filled eruption of praise. The psalmist's heart is so full of love and adoration for the King that it cannot be contained, setting a model for worship that comes from deep, heartfelt emotion.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Inditing. —A most unfortunate rendering of a word, which, though only used here, must, from the meaning of its derivative (a “pot,…
Baptist
My heart is inditing a good matter:
A good instrument – the heart refined and sanctified – a good subject, for, says he:
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
My heart is inditing a good matter What is valuable and excellent, concerning the excellency of Christ's person, of …
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
