Acts 2:26

“Therefore did my heart rejoice, etc.] Because that he had always the truth, faithfulness, and power of God in his view, and the presence and protection of God with him; and which are sufficient to make the hearts of his people, as well as of him, to rejoice: and my tongue was glad: in the Hebrew text it is, “my glory”; and so the Syriac version renders it here; which Kimchi explains of the soul, because that is the glory of the body; but our apostle rightly interprets it of the tongue, which is so called, (<193012>Psalm 30:12) and (<195708>Psalm 57:8) and (<19A801>Psalm 108:1) because it is both the glory of man, for that being endowed with the faculty of speaking, gives him a glory above…”

“Therefore - Peter ascribes these expressions to the Messiah. The reason why he would exult or rejoice was, that he would be preserved amidst the sorrows that were coming on him, and could look forward to the triumph that awaited him. Thus, Paul says Hebrews 12:2 that “Jesus ...“for the joy that was set before him,” endured the cross, despising the shame,” etc. Throughout the New Testament, the shame and sorrow of his sufferings were regarded as connected with his glory and his triumph, Luke 24:26; Philippians 2:6-9; Ephesians 1:20-21. In this our Saviour has left us an example that we should walk in his steps. The prospect of future glory and triumph should sustain us amidst all afflictions,…”

“my tongue: Psa 16:9, Psa 22:22-24, Psa 30:11, Psa 63:5, Psa 71:23 Acts 2:27”