2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit. When our Lord bore in his own person the terrible curse which was due
to sin, he was so cast clown as to be like a prisoner in a dungeon, immured
amid horror, darkness, and desolation. Yet the Lord Jehovah made him ascend
from all his abasement; he retraced his steps from that deep hell of anguish
into which he had been cast as our substitute. He who thus delivered our surety
will not fail to liberate us from our far lighter griefs. Out of the miry clay. The sufferer was as one who cannot find a foothold, but slips and
sinks. The figure indicates not only positive misery as in the former figure,
but the absence of solid comfort by which sorrow might have been rendered
supportable. With humble gratitude let us adore the Redeemer who, for our sake,
was deprived of all consolation while surrounded with every form of misery; if
you too have received divine help, be sure to join your Lord in this song. And set my foot upon a rock, and established my goings. The Redeemer’s work is
done; he can never suffer again; forever does he reign in glory. What a comfort
to know that Jesus our Lord and Saviour stands on a sure foundation in all that
he is and does for us. If we are cast like our Lord into the lowest pit of shame
and sorrow, we shall by faith rise to stand on the same elevated, sure, and
everlasting rock of divine favor.
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