Offertory of Ash Wednesday

Psalm 29:2,3

I will extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast upheld me, and hast not made my enemies to rejoice over me: O Lord, I have cried to Thee, and Thou hast healed me.

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Verse 2. Extol. Or publish thy great goodness and power, (H.) in the same sense as we say Hallowed be thy name. Bert. — Though God can receive no increase of glory, we must shew our gratitude. W. — Me. Thou hast not suffered my people to be wholly destroyed, nor myself to perish in consequence of my vain curiosity. C. — David sings this psalm in thanksgiving for his many deliverances. W.

Verse 3. Healed me. I expected to die every moment, and I had made choice of the scourge of pestilence, that I might not be more screened than my subjects, 2 K. xxiv. 13. C.

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