ing  verses,  for  the  purpose  of  showing  liow  great  is  his  obliga-
tion to  praise  Iliin."  TJie  three  verses  are  bound  together  as
one  whole,  by  the  thrice-repeated  address  to  God.  The  first
clause,  "  I  will  exalt  Thee,"  stands  in  manifest  reference  to  the
second,  "because  Thou  hast  exalted  me."  Calvin  :  "Because  he
was,  as  it  were,  exalted  from  the  gi-ave  to  the  vital  air,  he  pro-
mises that  he  will  exalt  the  name  of  God.  For  as  God  exalts
on  high  by  His  hand  when  we  are  sunk  in  the  deep,  so  it  is,  on
the  other  hand,  our  duty  to  exalt  His  praise  with  heart  and  lips."
The  term  r\hn,  properly  to  draw  water,  is  explained  by  the  cir-
cumstance, that  the  calamity  is  repi-esented  under  the  figure  of
a  deep  well,  into  which  the  Psalmist  had  sunk.  That  we  are
not  to  dream  of  a  literal  rendering,  is  manifest  from  the  3d
verse,  "Thou  hast  brought  up  my  soul  from  the  grave;"  and
from  ver.  2,  where  "  Thou  hast  drawn  me  up  "  coiTesponds  to
"  Thou  hast  healed  me."  noc  witli  h  designates,  according  to
the  connection,  malicious  pleasure.  It  signifies,  properly,  to
rejoice  at  any  one,  so  that  the  joy  pertains  to  him,  or  bears  re-
ference to  hitn.  David's  enemies,  like  those  of  eveiy  pious
king,  were  the  numerous  enemies  of  the  Lord, — the  ungodly:
compare  2  Sam.  xii.  14,  "  Because  by  this  deed  thou  hast  given
great  occasion  to  the  enemies  of  the  Lord  to  blaspheme,  the  child
also  that  is  born  unto  thee  shall  surely  die."  As  these  had
hitherto  contemplated  with  envy  the  previous  manifestations  of
the  grace  of  God  towards  him,  so  now  they  derived  a  peculiar
gratification  from  the  calamity  with  which  he  had  been  visited.
