Psalm 25:1-3 To you, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.… This opening sentence is as if David had said, "Let others lift up their souls to vanity, I will dare to be singular, I will lift up my soul to Thee." Holy resolution, blessed determination. I. THE REALISATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD. II. THE ABSTRACTION FROM THE INFLUENCES OF THE WORLD. "I will lift up my soul." III. THE CONSECRATION AND CONCENTRATION OF ALL THE ENERGIES OF THE MAN. The consecration willing and loving. If the soul be lifted up all the powers are so. IV. THE RESULTS OF SUCH LIFTING UP OF THE SOUL. We shall be — 1. Transported with the Divine nearness. 2. Transformed into the Divine likeness. 3. Translated into the Divine presence now and hereafter. (F. W. Brown.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. |
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