6. Arise, O Lord, in thine anger. His sorrow makes him view the Lord
as a judge who had left the judgment-seat and retired into his rest. Faith
would move the Lord to avenge the quarrel of his saints. Lift up thyself.
A still stronger figure to express his anxiety that the Lord would assume his
authority and mount the throne. Stand up, O God; rise above them all and let
thy justice tower above their villainies. Awake for me to the judgment thatthou hast commanded. This is a bolder utterance still, for it implies sleep
as well as inactivity, and can only be applied to God in a very limited sense.
He never slumbers, yet he often seems to do so; for the wicked prevail, and the
saints are trodden in the dust. God’s silence is the patience of longsuffering,
and if wearisome to the saints, they should bear it cheerfully in the hope that
sinners may thereby be led to repentance.
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