27. But thou art the same, or, “thou art he.” As a man remains the same
when he has changed his clothing, so is the Lord evermore the unchanging One,
though his works in creation may be changed, and the operations of his
providence may vary. When heaven and earth flee away from the dread presence of
the great Judge, he will be unaltered by the terrible confusion, and the world
in conflagration will effect no change in him; even so, the psalmist remembered
that when Israel was vanquished, her capital destroyed, and her temple leveled
with the ground, her God remained the same self-existent, all-sufficient being,
and would restore his people, just as he will restore the heavens and the
earth, bestowing at the same time a new glory never known before. And thy years shall have no end. God lives on; no decay can happen to him, or
destruction overtake him. What a joy is this! We may lose our dearest earthly
friends, but not our heavenly Friend. Men’s days are often suddenly cut short,
and at the longest they are few, but the years of the right hand of the Most
High cannot be counted, for they have neither first nor last, beginning nor
end. O my soul, rejoice in the Lord always, since he is always the same.
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