A Joyful Announcement

My tongue will sing aloud of Your righteousness. PSALM 51:14 + A Joyful Announcement This belongs to the proclamation of the Word; as if [David] were to say: "When I have thus been absolved before the world and justified before Thee and before men, then with my tongue I can extol, that is, joyfully announce and preach Thy righteousness, that is, Thy grace, by which Thou dost forgive sins and have mercy." . . . Remember that the righteousness of God is that by which we are justified, or the gift of the forgiveness of sins. This righteousness in God is pleasant, because it makes of God not a righteous Judge but a forgiving Father, who wants to use His righteousness not to judge but to justify and absolve sinners. From Commentary on Psalm 5 ... continue reading