Be exalted, O God, above the heavens,
And Your glory above all the earth.
That Your beloved may be delivered,
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!
David is praying to God and in this passage he recognizes the glory due God. He also realizes his own inability to glorify God. He, himself, needs deliverance. God deserves to be exalted but, David, like us all, needs deliverance from sin. That sin restricts our ability to truly glorify God. David asks God to glorify Himself in David because David doesn't have the capacity to glorify God properly in himself. This is the formula for glorifying God. David needs God to "answer" him and "deliver" him. We can't properly recognize God's glory without first recognizing our need for deliverance. We are lost and dead in sin. God is glorified when He saves us. We glorify Him when we cry out, as David did, here, for deliverance. If we wish God to be exalted and glorified, we must first recognize our own failings and sinful conditioning.
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