Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Thou art my God is a personal vow to praise and exalt God as one's own God. It is triumphant thanksgiving for His goodness and enduring mercy. In Israel's worship it belongs to united sacred song and rejoicing after confession of sins and the declaration of peace with Heaven on the Day of Atonement, which prepares the way for the joy of the feast.
That praise rises with all kinds of music mingled with shouts of hosanna, with the temple as the center of universal joy. The choir of Levites leads the service of song from either side of the white marble steps. The multitude of worshipers waving branches of palm and myrtle takes up the strain and echoes the chorus. Voices near and afar catch the melody until the encircling hills resound with praise.
Applied to Christ's time, the verse expresses what the Jewish rulers might have said if they had received Christ as God's Sent One. Receiving and honoring Him with this praise and exaltation would have given them a different future than rejecting Him brought.
Thou art my God is a personal vow to praise and exalt God as one's own God. It is triumphant thanksgiving for His goodness and enduring mercy. In Israel's worship it belongs to united sacred song and rejoicing after confession of sins and the declaration of peace with Heaven on the Day of Atonement, which prepares the way for the joy of the feast.
That praise rises with all kinds of music mingled with shouts of hosanna, with the temple as the center of universal joy. The choir of Levites leads the service of song from either side of the white marble steps. The multitude of worshipers waving branches of palm and myrtle takes up the strain and echoes the chorus. Voices near and afar catch the melody until the encircling hills resound with praise.
Applied to Christ's time, the verse expresses what the Jewish rulers might have said if they had received Christ as God's Sent One. Receiving and honoring Him with this praise and exaltation would have given them a different future than rejecting Him brought.