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To you, my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy. Psalm 60 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Lily of the Covenant." A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

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God Is Our Strength

Commentators explain that David doesn't just praise God for giving him strength, but he identifies God as his very strength. John Calvin notes the powerful shift in the psalm: David first found comfort that his enemy's power was under God's control, and now he finds assurance that his own power comes directly from God.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Psalms 59:17

18th Century

Theologian

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing - The source of strength to me; the real strength by which I have obtained deliverance is in …

John Calvin

John Calvin

On Psalms 59:17

16th Century

Theologian

My strength is with you, I will sing psalms. He expresses still more explicitly the truth that he owed his safety entirely to God. Formerl…

John Gill

John Gill

On Psalms 59:17

17th Century

Pastor

Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing
That is, to God, whom he made his strength, and put his trust in for strength,…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Psalms 59:8–17

17th Century

Minister

It is our wisdom and duty, in times of danger and difficulty, to wait upon God; for he is our defense, in whom we will be safe. It is very comforti…