O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
The soul speaks inwardly to Jehovah, owning Him as its sovereign Master and its God. That confession stands together with the avowal that the Lord Himself is the speaker's allotted inheritance and cup. In that union it makes clear that all strength, all desire, and all joy are drawn from God alone, with no other source. The utterance belongs to a psalm that sets forth the character of those who possess the character of Christ and manifest it before the world, marking out the company who shall inherit the kingdom.
The soul speaks inwardly to Jehovah, owning Him as its sovereign Master and its God. That confession stands together with the avowal that the Lord Himself is the speaker's allotted inheritance and cup. In that union it makes clear that all strength, all desire, and all joy are drawn from God alone, with no other source. The utterance belongs to a psalm that sets forth the character of those who possess the character of Christ and manifest it before the world, marking out the company who shall inherit the kingdom.