all-sufficient. Besides applying this to any particular deliverance wrought in our days and the ancient
times, we should have in our thoughts the great work of redemption by Jesus Christ, by which
believers were rescued from Satan.
Verses 6–8
God is the Author of all our deliverances, and he must have the glory. The enemies lay snares
for God's people, to bring them into sin and trouble, and to hold them there. Sometimes they seem
to prevail; but in the Lord let us put our trust, and we shall not be put to confusion. The believer
will ascribe all the honour of his salvation, to the power, mercy, and truth of God, and look back
with wonder and thanksgiving on the way in which the Lord has led him. Let us rejoice that our
help for the time to come is in him who made heaven and earth.
Chapter 125
Chapter Outline
The security of the righteous. (1–3)
Prayer for them, The ruin of the wicked. (4, 5)Verses 1–3
All those minds shall be truly stayed, that are stayed on God. They shall be as Mount Zion, firm
as it is; a mountain supported by providence, much more as a holy mountain supported by promise.
They cannot be removed from confidence in God. They abide for ever in that grace which is the
earnest of their everlasting continuance in glory. Committing themselves to God, they shall be safe
from their enemies. Even mountains may moulder and come to nothing, and rocks be removed, but
God's covenant with his people cannot be broken, nor his care of them cease. Their troubles shall
last no longer than their strength will bear them up under them. The rod of the wicked may come,
may fall upon the righteous, upon their persons, their estates, their liberties, their families names,
on any thing that falls to their lot; only it cannot reach their souls. And though it may come upon
their lot, it shall not rest thereon. The Lord will make all work together for their good. The wicked
shall only prove a correcting rod, not a destroying sword; even this rod shall not remain upon them,
lest they distrust the promise, thinking God has cast them off.
Verses 4, 5
God's promises should quicken our prayers. The way of holiness is straight; there are no windings
or shiftings in it. But the ways of sinners are crooked. They shift from one purpose to another, and
turn hither and thither to deceive; but disappointment and misery shall befal them. Those who
cleave to the ways of God, though they may have trouble in their way, their end shall be peace.