CONTENTS The royal Prophet is at his devotions; and in beholding David, surely we must not overlook him, of whom David was so eminent a type. We find strong faith joined with earnest prayer in the opening of the Psalm, and loud praise at the close of it. A Prayer of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
I pause at the close of these verses, though thereby a chasm is made in the prayer, to call the Reader's attention to what this petitioner said in it, where the great argument made use of is, that he is holy. Can anything more pointedly prove that this is Christ? David never, in any period of his li... [ Continue Reading ]
Who, that recollects what is said of Christ in the days of his flesh, that he offered up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, can fail to trace Jesus in these cries of the soul? Reader, do observe what expressions these verses contain. He calls himself Jehovah's servant; and spea... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is a sweet reference to the covenant of redemption in and by Christ; and I would fain persuade myself that Christ had an eye to it in what is here said. God the Father promised to give his Son the heathen for his inheritance; Psalms 2:8; Isaiah 49:6; and may we not suppose, that as God created... [ Continue Reading ]
While we look to Christ as our glorious Head, let us see our personal interest in him, and, by virtue of our union with him, take up this language. John 14:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is evidently a direct reference to Christ. Compare Psalms 16:10, with Acts 13:34; Acts 13:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
The apostles, in their prayer, point to these exercises of the blessed Jesus, Acts 4:27; and Jesus himself expresseth the same, Psalms 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Though the expressions be here somewhat varied from those in the fifth verse, yet the meaning is the same. And we find the blessed portion to which they refer, Exodus 34:6, and it is repeatedly used in the sacred word: Numbers 14:18; Jeremiah 32:18; Nehemiah 1:3, etc. Reader, for what are these freq... [ Continue Reading ]
While we here behold Christ as God's servant and God's chosen, surely every believer in him may humbly adopt this prayer and ask for a token of good. And what good equal to the token of God's Spirit, the seal of the covenant, union with Christ, and fellowship with the Father, and with his blessed So... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS Pause, Reader, yet a little longer, and hear the cries which Jesus, thy Surety, used in the days of his flesh. He begs the Father to incline his ear to him, for, though holy, he is poor and needy; though harmless, the proud were risen up against him; and though undefiled and separate fro... [ Continue Reading ]