6. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever. He is most blessed in himself, for he is God over all, blessed forever;
but this relates to him as our Mediator, in which capacity blessedness is given
to him as a reward. The margin has it, “thou hast set him to be blessings”; he is an overflowing wellspring of blessings to others. As the Lord
swore to Abraham, the promised seed is an everlasting source of blessings to
all the nations of the earth. He is set for this, appointed, made incarnate
with this very design, that he may bless the sons of men. Oh that sinners had
sense enough to use the Saviour as a Saviour to lost and guilty souls. Thouhast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. He who is a blessing to
others cannot but be glad himself; the unbounded good doing of Jesus ensures
him unlimited joy. The loving favor of his Father gives Jesus exceeding joy.
This is the purest stream to drink of, and Jesus chooses no other. Its source
is divine, its continuance eternal, its degree exceeding all bounds. How we
ought to seek it, and how careful lest we should provoke him by our sins to
hide his face from us! We may cheerfully look forward to the hour when the
countenance of Jehovah will shine on all the blood-bought.
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