5. For the Lord is good. This sums up his character and contains a mass of reasons for praise.
He is good, gracious, kind, bountiful, loving. Whoever does not praise the good
is not good himself. His mercy is everlasting. God is not mere justice,
stern and cold: he has compassion, and wills not the sinner’s death. Towards
his own people mercy is still more conspicuously displayed. Everlasting mercy
is a glorious theme for sacred song. And his truth endureth to all generations. He has entered into covenant with his people, and he will
never revoke it. Our heart leaps for joy as we bow before One who has never
broken his word or changed his purpose. Resting on his sure word, we feel that
joy which is here commanded, and in the strength of it we come into his
presence even now, and speak good of his name.
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