CONTENTS The Psalmist is at the throne of grace in this Psalm, in the exercise of prayer and praise. He cries to God for deliverance from his enemies, and concludes with thanksgiving; in the assurance that his prayer is heard and answered. To the chief musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of Dav... [ Continue Reading ]
The enemies of Christ were both friends and strangers. When he came to his own, his own received him not: and, as the apostles expressed it, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people, were gathered together against God's holy Child Jesus. John 1:11; Acts 4:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader, do observe how Christ, in the days of his flesh, found support and confidence in resting himself wholly upon his Father; so have the faithful done, so must the faithful do, in all ages. The close and event of all the exercises of God's people come to the same happy issue; they must and will... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER, let you and I make the same conclusion from the perusal of this Psalm, as is here made, and the confidence in this will bear our souls up during the exercises of the passing hour, be they what they may. We shall feel no shrinkings, we shall make no false conclusions in our progr... [ Continue Reading ]