Verse 12
CONCLUSION
"Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render thanksgivings unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling
That I may walk before God
In the light of the living?"
David here speaks of his deliverance as if it has already been accomplished; but it is not clear whether or not he merely considers it certain to be accomplished, or if it has really taken place. Some suppose that he had indeed already been delivered; but McCaw thought that he "foresaw it as a certainty."[15] Yates took the position that it might have been either. "Since victory has already come or is envisioned as assured, the psalmist recalls his obligation of praise and thanksgiving."[16]
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