7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As easily as vessels are driven to shipwreck dost thou overturn the
most powerful adversaries; or it may mean the strength of some nations lies in
their ships, whose wooden walls are soon broken; but our strength is in our
God, and therefore it fails not; or there may be another meaning: though thou
art our defense, yet thou takest vengeance on our inventions, and while thou
dost preserve us, yet our ships, our comforts, our earthly ambitions, are taken
from us that we may look alone to thee. God is seen at sea, but he is equally
present on land. Speculative heresies, pretending to bring us wealth from afar,
are constantly assailing the church, but the breath of the Lord soon drives
them to destruction. The church too often relies on human wisdom, and these
helps are soon shipwrecked; yet the church itself is safe beneath the care of
her God and King.
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