I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. Psalms 59:16-17
A good way to start the day, regardless of the quality of our voice. Some of us can’t sing well, but we can sing heartily! We need to reach outside of ourselves, outside of our circumstances—out and up to God to get that kind of joy. Verse 16 speaks of God’s attributes. Verse 17 speaks of those attributes being shared with the psalmist. What words in verse 17 convey this? What is the relationship between our experience of God’s attributes and our praise of him?