12. Thou sellest thy people for nought. As men
sell merchandise to anyone who cares to have it, so the Lord seemed to hand
over his people to any nation who might choose to make way upon them. Meanwhile
no good result was perceptible from all the miseries of Israel; so far as the
psalmist could discover, the Lord’s name received no honor from the sorrows of
his people. And dost not increase thy wealth by their price. Let us rest
satisfied that in reality the Lord is glorified, and when no revenue of glory
is manifestly rendered to him, he none the less accomplishes his own secret
purposes, of which the grand result will be revealed in due time. We do not
suffer for nought.
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