DELIVER ME FROM MINE ENEMIES, O MY GOD. REVELATIONS OF THE GOOD AND BAD IN HUMAN NATURE I. The enmity of man towards man. 1. From the description that David here gives of his enemies, we learn that-- (1) They hated him with a deadly hate. They sought nothing less than his life; they were “bloody... [ Continue Reading ]
_Because of his strength, will I wait upon Thee._ WAITING AND SINGING (with Psalms 59:17):--“My strength! I will wait upon Thee,” so says the psalmist in the midst of his troubles; and because he does so, he says at the end of the psalm, repeating his earlier vow, but with an alteration that means... [ Continue Reading ]
_The God of my mercy shall prevent me._ A SINGULAR TITLE AND A SPECIAL FAVOUR Our trials and troubles, while they test and develop us, do also by Divine grace strengthen and improve us, and ever have we great cause to bless God for them when grace sanctifies them to our highest good. Had not David... [ Continue Reading ]
_But I will sing of Thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning._ MEDITATION AND PRAISE I. The subject of the psalmist’s meditation. 1. He meditated upon the Divine mercy. All the perfections of the Divine nature are glorious, and furnish matter for delightful meditation. But it... [ Continue Reading ]