Psalms 119:13

“For thou hast delivered my soul from death, etc.] From imminent danger of death, when in the hands of the Philistines; not that the soul can die; that is immortal; but he means his person, on which account he determines to render praise to God: moreover, this may include the deliverance of his soul from a moral or spiritual death, in which he was by nature, being conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; from which he was delivered by regenerating grace, when he was quickened, who before was dead in trespasses and sins; and so delivered, as that this death should no more come upon him; the grace of God in him being a well of living water, springing up unto eternal life: and it may also be…”

“With my lips have I declared - That is, I have openly and publicly made thy words known to others; I have defended and vindicated them. All the judgments - The word judgments here means the same as statutes or laws: and the idea is, that he had been on the side of those laws, and had endeavored by argument and persuasion to bring others under their influence. How he had done it we are not informed; but we have no reason to suppose that the author of the psalm was a minister of religion, and if not, then we have here an example of what a man who does not claim to be a public teacher may do, and should do, in making known and defending divine truth. Every man is as much bound to do this in his…”

“I declared: Psa 119:46, Psa 119:172, Psa 34:11, Psa 37:30, Psa 40:9, Psa 40:10, Psa 71:15-18, Psa 118:17; Mat 10:27, Mat 12:34; Act 4:20 Psalms 119:14”