Saviour (vv. 8, 13; cf. Exod. 15:1–2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Ps. 18:2, 46; Mic. 7:7). Even now, in the midst of doubt and oppression, the writer wants to rejoice (cf. Ps. 32:11; Isa. 25:9; Joel 2:23). This is not because of any good on his own part, or because of any weakness on the part of his oppressors. His rejoicing is grounded in, and springs from, the relationship which God has with him and his people. Stripped of all else, he can never be deprived of his covenant God (cf. Josh. 1:5; Rom. 8:38–39). This