Psalm 9:1 — I will confess with my whole heart; the psalm is sung to him, not about him
“I will confess to you, Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonders” (Psalm 9:1).
But others say the present psalm is sung to him, not about him, the prophet confessing on behalf of human nature, saying that it is proper to the perfect to dedicate the whole heart to God: “For you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,” etc. (Deuteronomy 6:5).
And what “with my whole heart” now indicates, and what he does: having foreseen the things to come with prophetic eyes, he recounts them, making the hearers partners of the confession, having as joy the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), and recounting the wonders of God with lifted-up contemplations.
Greek
9.1 ̓Εξομολογήσομαί σοι, Κύριε, ἐν ο λῃ καρδίᾳ μου, διηγήσομαι πάντα τὰ θαυμά σιά σου. Ετεροι δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν, οὐ περὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν παρόντα φασὶν ᾳ δεσθαι ψαλμὸν, ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀνθρωπείας ἐξομολογουμένου φύσεως τοῦ προφήτου, τῶν τελείων ι διον λέγοντος τὸ πᾶσαν ἀνατιθέναι τῷ Θεῷ τὴν καρδίαν· ̓Αγαπήσεις γὰρ, φησὶ, τὸν Θεόν σου ἐξ ο λης τῆς καρδίας σου κτλ. Ο δὲ νῦν ἐμφαίνει τό· ἐν ο λῃ καρδίᾳ μου, ο δὲ ποιεῖ, προφητικοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τὰ ἐσόμενα προιδὼν, καὶ διηγεῖ ται ταῦτα, κοινωνοὺς τῆς ἐξομολογήσεως ποιούμενος τοὺς ἀκροατὰς, χαρὰν ε χων τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ Πνεύματος, ἐπηρμέναις τε θεω ρίαις τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ διηγούμενος θαύματα.