24. For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of theafflicted. Here is good matter and motive for praise. The experience of our
covenant Head and Representative should encourage all of us to bless the God of
grace. Never was man so afflicted as our Saviour in body and soul from friends
and foes, by heaven and hell, in life and death; he was the foremost in the
ranks of the afflicted, but all those afflictions were sent in love, and not
because his Father despised and abhorred him. It is true that justice demanded
that Christ should bear the burden which as a substitute he undertook to carry,
but Jehovah always loved him, and in love laid that load upon him with a view
to his ultimate glory and to the accomplishment of the dearest wish of his
heart. Under all his woes our Lord was honorable in the Father’s sight. Neitherhath he hid his face from him. The hiding was but temporary, and was soon
removed; it was not final and eternal. But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Jesus was heard in that he feared. He cried from the depths, and was speedily
answered; he therefore bids his people to join him in singing a Gloria.
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