34. A fruitful land into barrenness. This has
been done in many instances, and notably in the case of the psalmist’s own
country, which was once the glory of all lands and is now almost a desert. For the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Sin is at the bottom of sorrow.
If we have not the salt of holiness we shall soon receive the salt of
barrenness, for the text in the Hebrew is “a fruitful land into saltness.” If we
will not yield the Lord a harvest of obedience he may forbid the soil to yield
us a harvest of bread, and what then? Let not saints who are now useful run the
risk of enduring the loss of their services, but let them be watchful that all
things may go well with them.
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