Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death.A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the Temple. A Psalm of David.
1I will extol You, O LORD, for You have +lifted+ me up,
And have not let my enemies rejoice over me.
2O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You +healed+ me.
3O LORD, You have +brought+ up my soul from the grave;
You +spared+ me from going down to the pit.
4Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones,
And give thanks to His holy name.
5For His anger is but for a +moment+,
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning
++--Cross words. Point to Christ and His sacrificial death. Healed by Christ's blood. (Is 53) (my emphasis)
v.1 David's (our) enemies--sin, death, devil, hell. Spiritual enemies.
v.2 Spiritual healing. Cleansed in God's sight.
v.3 Describes divine synergism or divine monergysm?
v.4 Our response.
v.5 Christ bore our sin in that 'moment', the cross. Rejoice in heaven eternally ('lifetime').
Theme: God's gift of healing extends to all souls. This makes it possible to spend eternity in heaven.
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