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O my soul; which words are fitly understood; for it is manifest he speaks to one person of another. And it is usual with David to turn his speech to his soul, as Psa_42:6 43:5.
Thou hast said; thou hast ofttimes avowed and professed it, and dost still persist to do so.
Thou art my Lord, by creation, and preservation, and otherwise; to whom I owe all service and obedience upon that account.
My goodness; whatsoever piety, or virtue, or good. ness is in me, or is done by me.
Extendeth not to thee, i.e. doth not add any thing to thy felicity; for thou dost not need me nor my service, nor art capable of any advantage from it. Or, is not for thee, as this word is used, Gen_16:5 2Sa_1:26, i.e. for thy use or benefit. Or, is not upon thee, i.e. it lays no obligation upon thee, as this very word is taken, Jud_19:20 Psa_56:12 Eze_45:17. All comes to the same thing. The sense is, God is all-sufficient and infinitely happy, and the author of all the good that is in or is done by any of his creatures; and therefore cannot prevent nor oblige God any further than he is graciously pleased to oblige himself. Thus he renounceth all opinion of merit; and though he urged his trust in God, as a motive to persuade God to preserve him, Psa_16:1, yet he here declares that he did not do it, as thinking that God was indebted to him for it.