4. Thou art my King, O God. Knowing right well thy
power and grace my heart is glad to own thee for her sovereign prince. Who
among the mighty are so illustrious as thou art? To whom, then, should I yield
my homage or turn for aid? God of my fathers in the olden time, thou art my soul’s
monarch and liege Lord. Command deliverances for Jacob. To whom should a
people look but to their king? He it is who fights their battles for them. In
the case of our King, how easy it is for him to scatter all our foes! Jacob’s
long life was crowded with trials and deliverances, and his descendants are
here called by his name, as if to typify the similarity of their experience to
that of their great forefather. He who would win the blessings of Israel must
share the sorrows of Jacob. This verse contains a personal declaration and an
intercessory prayer; those can pray best who make most sure of their personal
interest in God, and those who have the fullest assurance that the Lord is
their God should be the foremost to plead for the rest of the faithful.
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