7. There was no great space between the cry and its answer. The Lord is
not slack concerning his promise, but is swift to rescue his afflicted. David
has in his mind’s eye the glorious manifestations of God in Egypt, at Sinai,
and on different occasions to Joshua and the judges; and he considers that his
own case exhibits the same glory of power and goodness, and that, therefore, he
may accommodate the descriptions of former displays of the divine majesty into
his hymn of praise. Then the earth shook and trembled. Observe how the
most solid and immovable things feel the force of supplication. Prayer has
shaken houses, opened prison doors, and made stout hearts to quail. Prayer
rings the alarm bell, and the Master of the house arises to the rescue, shaking
all things beneath his tread. The foundations also of the hills moved andwere shaken, because of his wrath. He who fixed the world’s pillars can
make them rock in their sockets, and can upheave the cornerstones of creation.
Let not the boaster dream that his present false confidence will support him in
the dread day of wrath.
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