CONTENTS
The same delightful subject is continued through this Psalm as in the
two preceding, but in a more general way. All men are called upon, in
the review of divine goodness, to praise the Lord; and the redeemed,
in a yet more awakened manner. God's mercies are instanced in a great
variety of... [ Continue Reading ]
How very beautifully does this special call to the redeemed come in
after the former verse! Pause, Reader! Pause, my soul! What sayest
thou to this subject? Are we among the redeemed? Hath sovereign grace
gathered us to Jesus, to whom the gathering of the people must be?
Genesis 49:1; John 11:52. My... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is another striking representation, whether considered with
respect to God's providence or his grace, to show the miseries of our
nature by the fall. How do souls groan in their prison-houses! Whether
the cry be from grace or nature, yet misery will cause it to be put
forth. Elihu describes the... [ Continue Reading ]
Under another similitude, the Psalmist here sets forth the miseries of
our fallen nature, in order to display the benignity and compassion of
Heaven in our recovery. When sin entered into the world, sickness and
death followed. Jesus the Son of God came to bear our sickness, and to
carry our sorrows... [ Continue Reading ]
The Psalmist in these verses takes up another representation, by way
of setting forth man's wants, and God's gracious provision for him;
and this subject he draws from the events which occur upon the mighty
waters. He draws out, in a most finished portrait, the terrors of a
storm; describes the fear... [ Continue Reading ]
From the wonders of redeeming grace upon the mighty waters, the
Psalmist makes a transition to the dry and barren land of the
wilderness, whence he takes occasion to set forth another striking
representation of the Lord's goodness. He describes under this
similitude, a barren land where no water is,... [ Continue Reading ]
This seems to be a general conclusion. The man of God having taken up
the subject from the beginning, and shown how all men, and especially
the redeemed, ought to bless God for his goodness: and having
instanced, in the different and diversified events which are going on
in life, as well in the worl... [ Continue Reading ]