25. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth. Creation is no new work of God, and therefore to “create Jerusalem a praise in the earth” will not be difficult to him. We can neither continue our own
existence nor give being to others; but the Lord not only is, but he is the
Maker of all things that are; hence, when our affairs are at the very lowest
ebb we are not at all despairing, because the Almighty and Eternal Lord can yet
restore us. And the heavens are the work of thine hands. Thou canst
therefore not merely lay the foundations of Zion, but complete its roof. When a
great labor is to be performed it is eminently reassuring to contemplate the
power of him who has undertaken to accomplish it; and when our own strength is
exhausted it is supremely cheering to see the unfailing energy which is still
engaged on our behalf.
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