9.
The princes of the people are gathered together. The
psalmist foresees the willing subjects of the great King assembled to celebrate
his glory. Not only the poor and the men of low estate, but nobles bow down. No
people will be unrepresented. Even the
people of the God of Abraham. That same God who was known only to here
and there a patriarch will be adored by descendants as many as the stars. The
covenant promise will be fulfilled: “In thee
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.” Babel’s dispersion will be obliterated by the gathering arm of the
great Shepherd King. For the shields of
the earth belong unto God. The insignia of pomp, the emblems of rank,
the weapons of war, all must pay loyal homage to the King of all. Those who are
earth’s protectors, the shields of the commonwealth, derive their might from
him, and are his. All principalities and powers must be subject to Jehovah and
his Christ, for He is greatly exalted.
In nature, in power, in character, in glory, there is none to compare with him.
Oh, glorious vision of a coming era! Meanwhile, “Be ye stedfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
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