Verses 29–50
When we praise for one mercy, we must observe the many more, with which we have been
compassed all our days. Many things had contributed to David's advancement, and he owns the
hand of God in them all, to teach us to do likewise. In verse #(32), and the following verses, are
the gifts of God to the spiritual warrior, whereby he is prepared for the contest, after the example
of his victorious Leader. Learn that we must seek release being made through Christ, shall be
rejected. In David the type, we behold out of trouble through Christ. The prayer put up, without
reconciliation Jesus our Redeemer, conflicting with enemies, compassed with sorrows and with
floods of ungodly men, enduring not only the pains of death, but the wrath of God for us; yet calling
upon the Father with strong cries and tears; rescued from the grave; proceeding to reconcile, or to
put under his feet all other enemies, till death, the last enemy, shall be destroyed. We should love
the Lord, our Strength, and our Salvation; we should call on him in every trouble, and praise him
for every deliverance; we should aim to walk with him in all righteousness and true holiness, keeping
from sin. If we belong to him, he conquers and reigns for us, and we shall conquer and reign through
him, and partake of the mercy of our anointed King, which is promised to all his seed for evermore.
Amen.
Chapter 19
Chapter Outline
The glory of God's works. (1–6)
His holiness and grace as shown in his word. (7–10)
Prayer for the benefit of them. (11–14)Verses 1–6
The heavens so declare the glory of God, and proclaim his wisdom, power, and goodness, that
all ungodly men are left without excuse. They speak themselves to be works of God's hands; for
they must have a Creator who is eternal, infinitely wise, powerful, and good. The counter-changing
of day and night is a great proof of the power of God, and calls us to observe, that, as in the kingdom
of nature, so in that of providence, he forms the light, and creates the darkness, Isa 45:7, and sets
the one against the other. The sun in the firmament is an emblem of the Sun of righteousness, the
Bridegroom of the church, and the Light of the world, diffusing Divine light and salvation by his
gospel to the nations of the earth. He delights to bless his church, which he has espoused to himself;
and his course will be unwearied as that of the sun, till the whole earth is filled with his light and
salvation. Let us pray for the time when he shall enlighten, cheer, and make fruitful every nation
on earth, with the blessed salvation. They have no speech or language, so some read it, and yet
their voice is heard. All people may hear these preachers speak in their own tongue the wonderful