6. Remember, O Lord, thytender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses. We are
tempted to fear that our God has forgotten us, or forgotten his usual kindness
towards us. There is a holy boldness which ventures to beseech the Lord to
recollect those deeds of love which once he wrought towards us; but there is
also an unholy unbelief which suggests our fears. If the Lord will only do to
us in the future as in the past, we shall be well content. We seek no change in
the divine action, we only crave that the river of grace may never cease to
flow. For they have been ever of old. A more correct translation would
be “from eternity.” David
was a sound believer in God’s eternal love. The Lord’s loving-kindnesses are no
novelties. When we plead with him to bestow them upon us, we can urge use and
custom of the most ancient kind. In courts of law people make much of
precedents, and we may plead them at the throne of grace. With an unchangeable
God it is a most effectual argument. By tracing all that we enjoy to the
fountain-head of everlasting love we shall greatly cheer our hearts.
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