And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
The soul in the verse names the person or mind itself as the seat and subject of emotion. That soul is joyful in the Lord and rejoices in His salvation. The verse expresses joy in the Lord and rejoicing in His salvation. A soul that has personally received God's salvation responds in this way, with joy and rejoicing in the Lord.
That rejoicing means telling His goodness with the tongue, having found His love precious. The heart swells with rapture and sings forever of the fullness of His wonderful love, having found the way that leads above to the life-giving river. The verse stands among the Psalms that meet human experience and point to God as able and willing and eager to save. Its words uphold God's justice, not personal revenge.
The verse belongs to a prophetic portrayal of Christ's life that reveals His inward experience during His struggles with the enemy. It shows His relation to the joy of the Lord and to salvation amid suffering. This use describes a person's joy and does not establish that the soul is an immaterial or immortal part of a person.
The soul in the verse names the person or mind itself as the seat and subject of emotion. That soul is joyful in the Lord and rejoices in His salvation. The verse expresses joy in the Lord and rejoicing in His salvation. A soul that has personally received God's salvation responds in this way, with joy and rejoicing in the Lord.
That rejoicing means telling His goodness with the tongue, having found His love precious. The heart swells with rapture and sings forever of the fullness of His wonderful love, having found the way that leads above to the life-giving river. The verse stands among the Psalms that meet human experience and point to God as able and willing and eager to save. Its words uphold God's justice, not personal revenge.
The verse belongs to a prophetic portrayal of Christ's life that reveals His inward experience during His struggles with the enemy. It shows His relation to the joy of the Lord and to salvation amid suffering. This use describes a person's joy and does not establish that the soul is an immaterial or immortal part of a person.