40. And the Lord shall help them. In all future time Jehovah will stand up for his chosen. Our great Ally
will bring up his forces in the heat of the battle. He shall deliver them from the wicked. As he rescued Daniel from the lions, so will he preserve
his beloved from their enemies; they need not therefore fret, nor be
discouraged. And save them, because they trust in him. Faith will ensure
the safety of the elect. It is the mark of the sheep by which they will be
separate from the goats. Not their merit, but their believing, will distinguish
them. Who would not try the walk of faith? Whoever truly believes in God will
be no longer fretful against the apparent irregularities of this present life, but
will rest assured that what is mysterious is nevertheless just, and what seems
hard is, beyond a doubt, ordered in mercy. So the psalm ends with a note which
is the death-knell of the unhallowed disquietude with which the psalm
commenced. Happy are those who can thus sing themselves out of ill frames into
gracious conditions.
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