Gradual of Wednesday in Passion Week

Psalm 29:2-4

I will extol You, O Lord, for You drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. V. O Lord, my God, I cried out to You and You healed me, O Lord, You brought me up from the nether world; You preserved me from among those going down into the pit.

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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.

Verse 4. Hell. Preserving me from great dangers of sinning, (W.) or from death. — Saved. Heb. “granted me life.” This may all be explained of Christ’s resurrection. C.

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