he psalmist declares his resolution of executing judgment.
(1-5) He rebukes the wicked, and concludes with resolutions to
praise God. (6-10)
Verses 1-5: We often pray for mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall
we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it? God shows
that he is nigh to us in what we call upon him for. Public
trusts are to be managed uprightly. This may well be applied to
Christ and his government. Man's sin threatened to destroy the
whole creation; but Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He
who is made of God to us wisdom, bids us be wise. To the proud,
daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power, persist not in
contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the
human race spring from the Son of God.
Verses 6-10.: No second causes will raise men to preferment without the
First Cause. It comes neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south. He mentions not the north; the same word
that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from
the secret of God's counsel it does come. From God alone all
must receive their doom. There are mixtures of mercy and grace
in the cup of affliction, when it is put into the hands of God's
people; mixtures of the curse, when it is put into the hands of
the wicked. God's people have their share in common calamities,
but the dregs of the cup are for the wicked. The exaltation of
the Son of David will be the subject of the saints' everlasting
praises. Then let sinners submit to the King of righteousness,
and let believers rejoice in and obey him.
he psalmist declares his resolution of executing judgment.
(1-5) He rebukes the wicked, and concludes with resolutions to
praise God. (6-10)