Remember where this Psalm started? David was crying out for God not to be silent. Here, we have David's heart exulting in the Lord, and giving thanks in song.
The Psalm is a movement. Some of it is likely prayed in anticipation of God acting. Our lives are a movement -- at times we're crying out for mercy, at times we're praying for vengeance, at times we're rejoicing. Like David, we shift as the world turns around us, as our heart beats within us. Like David, we're human, flawed, and in need of a source of strength and ears to listen.
The Psalm also moves from the individual to the communal. In the beginning, David was praying for himself. Here at the end, David's praying for the community. As we grow in faith, our attention span should broaden as we recognize the needs of those around us and care for one another. As we grow in faith, we think less about ourselves and more about those around us, praying that they, too, learn to exult, learn to cry out, learn to lean into the grace and power of God.
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