“David does not so much tell what he would do himself, as stir up and urge all others to this religious service of offering to God the praises due to his name.
The design
with which he declares God to be beneficent to the children of men is, to
induce them to cultivate a pious gratitude, he insists upon the necessity of
persevering in the exercise; for since God is constant in extending mercies, it
would be highly improper in us to faint in his praises. As he thus gives his
people new ground for praising him, so he stimulates them to gratitude, and to
exercise it throughout the whole course of their life. In using the term daily,
he denotes perseverance in the exercise. Afterwards he adds, that should he
live through a succession of ages he would never cease to act in this manner.
The repetitions used tend very considerably to give emphasis to his language.
As it is probable that the Psalm was written at a time when the kingdom of
David was in a flourishing condition, the circumstances deserve notice, that in
calling God his King he gives both himself and other earthly princes their
proper place, and does not allow any earthly distinctions to interfere with the
glory due to God.
This is made
still more manifest in the verse which follows, where in speaking of the
greatness of God as unmeasurable, he intimates that we only praise God aright
when we are filled and overwhelmed with an ecstatic admiration of the immensity
of his power.
This
admiration will form the fountain from which our just praises of him will proceed,
according the measure of our capacity.” (John Calvin, 1509-1564)
Il est probable que le Psaume 145 fut écrit à une époque ou le royaume
de David était florissant, ce qu'il vaut bien souligner. Puisqu'il appelle
Dieu son Roi, David se remet à sa place lui même et remet à leur
place les autres princes du monde, n'étant pas admis que les distinctions de la
terre puissent interférer avec la gloire due à Dieu.
Stefano Lo Presti
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