_Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer._ A MEDITATION ON THE SIXTY-FIRST PSALM In the first verse it is not the Jew but the man that speaks. The same idea can be found in all languages. When David speaks thus, he speaks for the whole world! There is no doubt the most intense personality in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_From the end of the earth will I cry unto Thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Reek that is higher than I._ DAVID’S REFUGE This psalm, like very many others, begins with tears and ends with praise. It is very often so, in coming to a throne of grace day by day. Many a believer has g... [ Continue Reading ]
_For Thou hast been a shelter to me, and a strong tower from the enemy._ PAST MERCIES EARNESTS OF FUTURE ONES The psalmist had good ground for the determination which he cordially expresses. It is manifest that, with David, to call to mind past mercies was to expect future. He was at the very ends... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever; I will trust in the covert of Thy wings._ COMFORT IN EXILE 1. The Lord can give such satisfaction to a sad heart in the time of its trouble, that the trouble may turn to be no trouble, even while it lieth on still, as here is to be seen in David’s comfort,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear Thy name._ OUR HERITAGE So, then, they that fear God have an heritage. Not, perhaps, in this world, but even as to temporal good, they are often above others. And as to spiritual good--they have indeed “a goodly heritage. The Lord is their portio... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations._ THE PERPETUITY OF CHRIST’S KINGDOM He prophesieth not simply of the stability of the kingdom in his own person and posterity, but under the type; namely, he speaketh of the perpetuity of the kingdom of Christ, the true King of... [ Continue Reading ]